Browning BLR in ROUGH shape.

[EasternCountryBoy]

Did the guy beat a rhino to death with it? Jesus lol. Well an old hand I met off CGN his uncle lost a pre 64 M70 in the river and it was later a lot later recovered and action was salvaged into an absolute stunning.404 Jeffery. So I mean skies the limit as long as your pocket doesn’t have one. I don’t know if I’d dump that kinda cash into a BLR but then again I have salvaged a few guns that were not someone’s cup of tea

 

[remington jim]

You can rebore barrels, but the drilled and tapped holes for the front and rear sights may poke through if I went that big.

What about a .358 makes a good deer/bear gun over a 7mm-08?

I'm genuinely asking, not being facetious.

What about the BETTER 338 Federal

 

[Rman]

Electric drill on aluminum rod with bronze brush ! NO SS BRUSHES EVER IN ANY RIFLE BARREL

Every barrel should get the brush it deserves...
And if there was a barrel that deserves a bit of the stainless brush treatment... It's the one posted in this thread!
R.

 

[KyleSchenk]

Yea I probably won't use a drill, but I will run a stainless brush through it vigorously. I want to keep whats left of the edges of the lands.

Build yourself an electrolysis unit and don't look back. It's the perfect thing to clean up the bore of this barrel and you probably have the capabilities and the resources already on hand. Mine consist of an old blackberry charger, some alligator leads and an 1/8" er70 tig rod with the copper plating removed. You'll just need something to plug the chamber up, a roll of electrical tape ( one wrap every 6" or so around the tig rod so it doesn't contact the bore) a small funnel, and swing by the grocery store for distilled water and sodium carbonate (wash soda) to mix up an electrolyte solution.

 

[boxhitch]

Thats not so bad looking, looks like a classic truck/tractor tool
Not sure how tha barrel could be so poor when the cosmetics don't show the same damage
My guess is someone tried a cleaning short-cut with something corrosive and forgot it for a week ...or month ha

sounds like you have the shop and the where-with-all, maybe look at a liner for the tube

 

[SuperCub]

Shoot it as-is, if it does. Clean the barrel and chamber well, degunk what you can.

^^ This ^^ ......... I wouldn't put a dime into that rifle. Good money after bad.

 

[Restoule]

I Like BLRs and have had 5 -6 and of them now . 243 -308-325- 358 I really. wanted a 7-08 and the Holy Grail 284 Win but they were too expensive at the time I found them .
Any how back to your project - Do as you want as I would too if I was in with it lol

Oh man, a. 284 win would be so perfect.

 

[Restoule]

"I'm not eating more than half of what I paid."

That is what you are doing to keep working on it. You can buy a nice one for $1200 to $1800. There is no possible way for you to have that gun as nice as a $1600 BLR without putting far more than that into it. I am not opposed to a good project, I've been known to spend a LOT of money on fixing up cheap guns, but don't start down that road thinking you will end up with a nice rifle for less than just buying a nice rifle.

I disagree. I won't be paying a gunsmith to do anything, so I don't see how this could cost another $900. If I do change the barrel, this will be nicer IMO than anything you can buy. Obviously not original, and to most that's more important, but I like having something unique. I have access to everything from a full welding setup, mechanic shop, hydraulics, to a full cnc/ manual machine shop. I get that if someone were to pay someone to do this it would cost more than buying a new gun.

I'm going to post pictures of this build, and hopefully someone else will appreciate the quality of the final product.

 

[Restoule]

Build yourself an electrolysis unit and don't look back. It's the perfect thing to clean up the bore of this barrel and you probably have the capabilities and the resources already on hand. Mine consist of an old blackberry charger, some alligator leads and an 1/8" er70 tig rod with the copper plating removed. You'll just need something to plug the chamber up, a roll of electrical tape ( one wrap every 6" or so around the tig rod so it doesn't contact the bore) a small funnel, and swing by the grocery store for distilled water and sodium carbonate (wash soda) to mix up an electrolyte solution.

I will look into this.

 

[Restoule]

This is a rifle I spent the better part of a year on.

Every part on it is titanium, 7075 aluminum, or carbon fiber. Except the barrel. Factory ruger American barrel, 7mm-08 reamed to 7mm-08 ai. Turned to a lighter profile, and chopped to 18.5". The fasteners are all titanium, and the scope rings are modified talleys. I will be making my own rings to get the weight down even more. Timney mossberg trigger modified to work. (I liked the flatish trigger).

Re-made every internal part from titanium. Made a carbon stock, machined a new bolt from titanium too. Trigger gaurd is 7075 so is bolt knob/handle.

 

[Restoule]

Oh and that above project, cost me $1200 total. Material, supplies, equipment, tools, rifle, and scope. All in.
Also keep in mind that weight, is the rifle, scope, rings, and one round.