John,
I had a BLR in the mid-eighties in 22-250 when as a lefty I was casting about for a walk-about varminter. I don't know where in the BLR's existence this rifle fell or whether "steel" model or not but with factory ammo it failed my "varmint test" of less than 1.5" at 100 yds with anything tried. I did not have the knowledge or desire at that time to do any minor tinkering, so my description of its accuracy is as it was out of the box.
Gdv
