Browning BBR

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A friend has a Browning BBR in 7mag with that fancy 9 locking lug system. It's in a black synthetic stock. Anyone know anything about these rifles and what one might be worth? I looked thru EE and there have only been about 4 sold in the last year that I can see, all listed for about 800. Is that about right?
 
k - I'll take it apart and have a look later tonight. Does look like the McMillan Hunter stock outline I see online and comes with Pachmayer recoil pad (honeycomb type) but has some sort of spray on grip texture that appears to be coming off with normal handling wear. No checkering.
 
They are heavy but when I was looking at a couple a number of years ago they are well constructed. In 1986 they were asking 675 and 700 for a 264 and 7mm RM.
 
all i know is my buddies wood stocked 300 bbr shoots like a house on fire.
gun tech are they not a weatherby 9 lug system? i think they were made
in the same plant in japan, moruko?? thanx for the info
 
The bolt is 9 lugs but considerably larger than Weatherby's.
I think the BBR stood for Big Bulky Rifle.
They were well made however.
 
Well, this one likely isn't a mcmillan (no markings to speak of anyway) - not too sure what it is but whoever did the final inletting did a great job and they even glass bedded the recoil lug. It's clearly a fiber composite far superior to the usual tupperware. I sure like the way the stock and the action are positively locked in place. It's a metal-stock-metal sandwich with loads of bearing surface.

It just came home with me but it's making funny faces at my savage 110 in 7rm next to it in the safe. It started braggin' that it could outshoot the savage. A bbr outshoot a savage? Ha! but maybe. Might have to move 'er on before the primers start poppin'.
 
if its anything like my buddies, you may want to pop a few primers
before you send it on it's way. a little heavy, but a great shooter.
wonder what happened to the original stock? his has got some beautiful
wood on it.
 
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