Browning worked 4 Winchester 4 generations.
The BLR is perhaps the pinnacle of browning engeniering.
Marlins, Savage , and Winchester all have their spin....
It's all good.
The BLR isn't a "Browning" design in the same sense as the Winchester firearms designed by John Browning. The BLR was outsourced to another designer (Karl Lewis) and refined by TRW Corp. Probably the pinnacle (and last) of true Browning engineering was the M2 "Ma Deuce" or the M4 Cannon.