My brother has had one, a .308, since the 70’s sometime. It’s almost the only rifle he ever uses. When he first got it I developed loads for it and was shocked at how well it shot. He’s taken it all over for elk, moose, caribou...what have you. One of our best friends got the same thing about the same time and, he too, has used almost nothing else for 40 years or so.
It was mentioned above that they can be tricky to work on. I’ve had both those rifles apart a few times over the years and that’s true. Almost every time it was a matter of their having been jammed to a standstill by a surprisingly small piece of debris, a piece of twig, a leaf stem...something like that. That would be my primary concern with them.
Personally, I like lever guns, have some Marlins, Savages, Winchester’s, but I never cared much for the looks of the BLR. Then again, I don’t think Browning’s made a rifle I like the looks of in a long time.
