browning blr disassemble

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sealevel

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my cousin has sent me a belgium BLR he wants it refinished . he wants it blued and the stock refinished . i was all set to tear it down in the morning . but i got to reading about it ..now i don`t think i am not capable of getting it back together .

anyone have any words of encouragement ?
 
I did an extracter and polished the detent pin on trigger. You tube tutorials are a good place to start. When in doubt video the disassembly so you can look back on it later. Also, put up a tent in garage with a lot of light in it. When tiny springs go flying the will stay in tent and a magnet will find it.
 
If it was me I would do a good quality cold blue like oxpho blue and call it a day. Nightmares will never stop if you take it apart.
 
I had a look at a buddy’s blr that was having sticky extractions, I read up on them and stayed the hell away from anything to do with the trigger group lol. It needed a good clean and chamber polish to fix the issue, I did all that with the gun assembled and told him not to monkey with it either.
 
Go ahead take it apart, put every little screw and spring in a bucket and give it a shake. Next try to put it back together, take your time and enjoy the process right up to that moment when you will realize you made a huge mistake. Next challenge will be finding someone who will be willing to put it back together. good luck.
 
Butcherbill said:
I had a look at a buddy’s blr that was having sticky extractions, I read up on them and stayed the hell away from anything to do with the trigger group lol. It needed a good clean and chamber polish to fix the issue, I did all that with the gun assembled and told him not to monkey with it either.
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Awww heck, few bunchah reebs and yer fears will deminish.
Lawrd hates a coward.
 
sealevel said:
ya well i am not doing it . i may try a cold blue . although i dislike it .
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Brownells oxpho blue cream works good, I clean everything in brake clean after sanding with 1500 grit.
I use a heat gun to warm up the metal before applying the cream
 
I have had to time one someone else took apart, there are no timing marks, so its trial and error, plan on potentially several hours trying to time it if you take the gears out.
 
I don't understand the pessimism. A few years ago I acquired a long-action BLR for cheap, and quickly discovered it had 2 teeth stripped off the big pinion gear. Seems the previous owner was big on neck sizing only, and was happy to squeeeeze that lever really hard to make them chamber.

Anyway, I ordered in a new gear from somewhere in the US, and installed it myself. I looked at the relationship of the gears when I took it apart, and remember I used something as a witness mark to know precisely where the teeth engaged each other. I put it together once, and noted the bolt was a few mm short of lock up. I took it apart again, advanced the gear by 2 teeth, reinstalled, and all was good. It was not the nightmare people make it out to be, and I would not hesitate to do it again.
 
The first one I disassembled went back together first try. I couldn’t understand all the hoar stories until I did the second one. Took me close to an hour of trial and error to get the gears properly lined up. Third one was a PITA also. Lining the gears up is definitely fun.
 
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