what happened to Browning BARs? the semi-auto hunting rifle ?
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I sure like my 35 Whelen Remington 7400. Accurate with the Timney trigger fix and cycles reliably. Just the rifle to be carrying when multiple targets need to be dispatched in a hurry.
Sounds like something NATO should be considering ?
Very nice looking rifle btw.
I had a Browning Grade II in .270 Winchester for quite a number of years in the '70s. Mine worked fine until I had about 1200 rounds through it when it quit cycling empties properly. Upon checking my booklets that came with the rifle I found that the rifle should have been properly cleaned at least at every 600 rounds. Since I doubled this before there were problems I would say it the manufacturers guidelines.
As soon as the gas system was cleaned up it went back to operating reliably.
I traded it out and switched to bolt guns when, in 1980, I started to hunt in Wyoming annually for 10 years. The BAR had a habit of throwing the first shot out of the group and then settling down to shoot 3/4" to 1" groups. The tightest group I ever shot at 300 yards was with that gun!
They have their pros and cons and only the buyer can decide whether he likes them well enough to purchase one.
Jim
As soon as the gas system was cleaned up it went back to operating reliably.
I traded it out and switched to bolt guns when, in 1980, I started to hunt in Wyoming annually for 10 years. The BAR had a habit of throwing the first shot out of the group and then settling down to shoot 3/4" to 1" groups. The tightest group I ever shot at 300 yards was with that gun!
They have their pros and cons and only the buyer can decide whether he likes them well enough to purchase one.
Jim
My Dad had a Belgium in .308 for years.
It was a great gun and still serves my brother well.
My issue is the type of hunting I do this gun offers me little to nothing.
I need a stainless gun, not blued and not aluminum, stainless is the best around salt water...
The other thing I never liked was the removable magazine that has to attached to a floor plate. What a pain.
If they offered a stainless synthetic version with an AICS type magazine that resembled a hunting rifle I'd be in.
But they don't...
It was a great gun and still serves my brother well.
My issue is the type of hunting I do this gun offers me little to nothing.
I need a stainless gun, not blued and not aluminum, stainless is the best around salt water...
The other thing I never liked was the removable magazine that has to attached to a floor plate. What a pain.
If they offered a stainless synthetic version with an AICS type magazine that resembled a hunting rifle I'd be in.
But they don't...
They did offer a 308 in painted vamo barrel with a synthetic camo stock and a removable aics mag
http://www.browning.com/products/fi.../bar-shortrac-hog-stalker-realtree-max-1.html
I think if Browning took their present BAR and made it into an original BAR looking rifle, they would sell heaps of them. A semi auto .308 that looks something like this would sell huge
Maybe to the 375 Ruger crowd.........
I think that it could be made much lighter these days- basically dress up a current BAR with a retro stock and look. Add a box magazine and an aluminum bipod and there you go!
I don't think it would be popular with hunters but there are heck of a lot of range shooters that would love one. Another thing that might sell great is to throw the existing BAR into a tacticool chassis with pistol grip and rails and long magazine. Again, I bet it would sell, but maybe not to hunters as much. 
I guess Browning was ahead of me
I think they could tacticool it more though, make it really appealing
