You could not give me a 100% Belgian BAR but the assembled in Portugal model is a very very good rifle. I have one in 270. All told I have had at min 1/2 dozen of these rifles and everyone was a shooter. Most were 7mm Rem mags the others 06.
No BAR was made in Japan, the A5 in its latter years was made there with little to no difference in quality.
Can you expand on your opinion on the belgium made Bars?
Yes you have to remove the buttstock to remove the trigger group. They have a habit of loosening up(buttstocks). A good friend of mine who is a bama gunsmith gives the nod to the safari for the reasons mentioned.
You do not have to remove the stock to remove the trigger group on the newer Longtrac and Shortrac. I don't think on the Safari either. Now, to remove the bolt and carrier you do have to remove the stock. I believe I just had to open the floorplate to remove the trigger group by removing the 2 push pins.
