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Hello friends.
I am living in the middle of Germany and last year I got a old Savage 99 in .22HP made in 1913 or so. It is a fantastic gun and I will never leave it but the calibre could have a bit more power. Learning to love lever guns I was looking than for a modern lever gun with separate clip and possibility for shooting not rounded bullets. So I came to the Browning BLR in calibre 30-06 as take down. Lever guns are something special here in Germany. Most hunters have their Mauser systems or Blasers or Drillings or so. I had no possibility to try out a BLR but al I could read about them was fine and the price was not to high and much cheaper than Mausers, Blasers and so on. So I decided to purchase a BLR, 30-06, take down, pistol-grip. It came as a realy fine gun and I fitted it with a weaver rail, Leupold QRW-Rings and a Meopta Meostar 1-4x22 RedDot. Nice combination and precise to shoot. I think I have made about 30 shots inbetween with it and now I am getting a problem with the BLR: when I move the Lever the pinion gear is getting back and should bring the hammer in a pulled-back-position. But this doesn't work anymore. The hammer isn't fixed but scratches on the pinion gear.
Does anybody know about this problem and is it perhaps typical for the BLR?
I have a guarantee on the gun but I am not sure if german gunshmiths (typicaly Mauser, Sauer and Blaser specialists) can solve a problem with a lever gun. It might get a long time problem....

Best regards from Germany and thanks in advance!


Pasche