There's a member on here who did a restoration thread of a beat up BLR. He posted a video on how he removed the barrel from the receiver.
Iron sight accuracy will be the same between the two because rear and front sights are both positioned on the barrel. There may be an issue if the rear sight was positioned on the receiver.
What does this really mean though, is it still "locked enough" in a meaningful way to help achieve "near-bolt-action-like" accuracy?
This is the real life review I was looking for, thank you.
Just the pad
.It's not a benchrest rifle. I use mine for black bear and deer hunting.
it means that it will shoot as accurate as a bolt action rifle when the bolt is fully engaged that's if no variation what's so ever
I have 3 (.308 and .358 takedowns and a .358 pistol grip). As the irons are on the barrel, the flight path of the bullet ain't gonna be affected by the take-down aspect. So all things being equal, accuracy would be the same (with irons). Re: comparison to bolt action > Hard to say. The BLR is basically a lever actuated bolt action....And hence can be surprisingly accurate. I wouldn't call em precision rifles - But for sure capable of 1" groups with the right ammo. Some people complain about the trigger - but its nothing that can't be figured out. Its not built for 300m precision work, it's a fact action hunting oriented lever that is great in the majority of applications (Especially here in Ontario where I hunt) Cheers!
