Only Browning rifle I ever liked was my Belgian.22 auto. I just got rid of it. If I still had the farm and went walking out back with a light, open sighted.22 I’d have kept it, but…
A couple friends have had the BAR’s over the years, a 7 RM and a .30-06 that I can recall specifically. I always felt they were over-sized and awkward; maybe it’s just the styling I don’t like.
I feel the same about the BLR. My brother has a couple of those as do a couple friends. I’ve had to work on them. Overly complicated and delicate mechanisms IMHO. They do shoot well.
All those newer Browning rifles look to me like something designed by an interior decorator who doesn’t hunt.
The originals were oversized, awkward and heavy.
In high school my uncles hung up after the first shot I got at a running coyote. 30-06.
