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Once had a .223 BLR, then the model 81. Went down the road. Don't want another. It shot pretty well, but the trigger is terrible. And, I will take up for Jorge...  Even though I do have a few M-700's, I have one Wby MkV. But, it wears a 7RM Brux barrel in a McWoody Wby Express stock... Sorta Wby, but maybe not so much...  DF Yeah, Browning should put their time into a half way decent trigger pull rather than worrying about what new cartridge to chamber. An exterior finish on wood and metal that didn't flash like a neon sign might be nice too. Course Browning puts that glossy finish on the stock to try to cover for the fact that they use lumber grade wood. Works on lots of people who equate shine with quality your not exactly right about the wood type my new 6.5 Creedmoor has great looking wood ,i just wish it was satin finished and i might change that to satin. It's rare to get good wood on them. Most are lumber grade wood.
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believe it or not one of prettiest shotgun stock`s and forearm i have ever seen came from a old wood pallet and its on my Remington 870 TB made and finished by Jonny Bell . grading wood is an art ,i don`t like a shiny finish as much as a satin finish but some gun people do. i like BLR`S they are a accurate ,nice handling lever and you can buy them in much better powerful cartridges ,i just wish they made them in a 338 Win.mag.that would be an excellent bear rifle.
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I've never seen a pallet made out of walnut in my life. Never saw one with any lumber in it big enough to make a stock out of either. Browning uses some of the plainest, most figure free walnut in their standard grade stocks of any manufaturer out there. Go on gunbroker and try to find a BPS, BL-22, BLR, grade I SA-22 or X-Bolt hunter with some nice figure and contrasting grain in it. You'll look at a couple truckloads with stud grade lumber for every one you luck onto with a decent piece of walnut. Their hand cut checkering looks like it was done by a hyperactive 5 year old on a sugar high with the corner of a brick too. Plenty of flat topped diamonds, lines that aren't cut all the way to the border and others cut into the border. They'd be a lot better off going exclusively to machine/lazer cut checkering instead of the sloppily executed hand cut.
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I've never seen a pallet made out of walnut in my life. Never saw one with any lumber in it big enough to make a stock out of either. Browning uses some of the plainest, most figure free walnut in their standard grade stocks of any manufaturer out there. Go on gunbroker and try to find a BPS, BL-22, BLR, grade I SA-22 or X-Bolt hunter with some nice figure and contrasting grain in it. You'll look at a couple truckloads with stud grade lumber for every one you luck onto with a decent piece of walnut. Their hand cut checkering looks like it was done by a hyperactive 5 year old on a sugar high with the corner of a brick too. Plenty of flat topped diamonds, lines that aren't cut all the way to the border and others cut into the border. They'd be a lot better off going exclusively to machine/lazer cut checkering instead of the sloppily executed hand cut. maybe you don`t know the difference in wood types ? not all stocks are Walnut i have seen some very nice maple used ,rosewood and some others and yes walnut is an excellent wood used on many stocks.
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I've never seen a pallet made out of walnut in my life. Never saw one with any lumber in it big enough to make a stock out of either. Browning uses some of the plainest, most figure free walnut in their standard grade stocks of any manufaturer out there. Go on gunbroker and try to find a BPS, BL-22, BLR, grade I SA-22 or X-Bolt hunter with some nice figure and contrasting grain in it. You'll look at a couple truckloads with stud grade lumber for every one you luck onto with a decent piece of walnut. Their hand cut checkering looks like it was done by a hyperactive 5 year old on a sugar high with the corner of a brick too. Plenty of flat topped diamonds, lines that aren't cut all the way to the border and others cut into the border. They'd be a lot better off going exclusively to machine/lazer cut checkering instead of the sloppily executed hand cut. maybe you don`t know the difference in wood types ? not all stocks are Walnut i have seen some very nice maple used ,rosewood and some others and yes walnut is an excellent wood used on many stocks. Yeah, I know walnut and cherry and maple and birch and beech and the list goes on. I used to build custom rifles and do custom stock work, including shaping, inletting, checkering, relief carving and finishing. Browning's standard grade wood and hand cut checkering sucks. But they put a nice shiny finish on it.
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maybe you feel your right about the wood Browning uses ? and maybe to some degree you are even right ? but Browning guns always seem to have high resale ,Browning always has good sales every year,it can be hard to get enough Brownings in inventory to sell so i think they are doing something right. myself i like Browning BLR rifles they are very accurate .work well and have a clip/magazine instead of running ammo in a tube on the rifle and ruining the front of the bullets.
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The best BLR is a pistol grip takedown in 358 Win,I with a Neil Jones trigger job. Oh yeah I got one of those. Great deer and hog rifles.
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The best BLR is a pistol grip takedown in 358 Win,I with a Neil Jones trigger job. Oh yeah I got one of those. Great deer and hog rifles. i got a takedown BLR pistol grip laminated kinda blueish color,S.S. 30-06 and this rifle shoots well too.
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The best BLR is a pistol grip takedown in 358 Win,I with a Neil Jones trigger job. Oh yeah I got one of those. Great deer and hog rifles. That sounds like a great rifle. I've been kinda' keeping an eyeball open for a BLR in .358 myself.
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I had a 223 BLR and it would shoot right along with a good bolt action.at 100yds. Nice wood it was perfect if maybe a bit to dark
And the metal and bluing were perfect. Slick little rifle. Traded it in and regret it, If I bought another one it would be a 7mm08.
I would have got him too but a Dad Blam snow flake hit me in da eye....
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I have a 358 Winchester that would make a great bearstopper. I don't know how it is an IDEAL. But perhaps a good idea. RZ.
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Any of the Newton cartridges
I prefer classic.
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I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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Like everything else these days, the prices are steep: BLR stainless 6.5.
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Because you're not very bright. Tell me ONE thing wrong with a 6.5mm at modest velocities for killing stuff. A cartridge that has a huge array of factory ammo, plenty of good brass choices etc? What's wrong with that? Were you the first kid on the block with a yo-yo too or did someone steal your lunch money on the way to the toy store? There is nothing WRONG with a 6.5, a cartridge primarily designed to satiate the needs of longer range shooters, so why put it in a rifle not really designed for that? Now go plug in that data into your pointy head (also called an OPINION that like buttholes, they all stink, mine just happens to smell better than yours) and see maybe if my "WHY" makes sense, but I suspect that will be a challenge for you.. Never mind, I see Scott the neutered, aka Steelhead is back at it again under yet another sockpuppet... i guess the yo-yo was beyond your financial reach given your school bus driver salary....
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I have owned only one BLR, it was a 358. I won't own another. There are so many better rifles out there.
I prefer classic.
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I have a steel frame BLR81 in 358win and it would be one of my last rifles to go if I had to dispose of some. It is a deer killer for sure. Its favorite load will shoot well under an inch all day and has shot some into much smaller using Hornady 200gr RN. Shoots 225gr Noslers 1-1/4" consistently and does the same with 220gr Speer flat points.
I bought the gun used but in excellent shape. I took some 00 steel wool to the stocks and turned them from high gloss to a satin finish in under an hour. I have a Leupold VariX III 2.5-8x in Talley mounts for a wonderful handling rifle that could take all that he lower48 has to offer and pressed into it could take all that North America has to offer. Not ideal for everything but could work in a pinch.
30yrs ago I had a steel framed 257Roberts. I sure wish I had her back now...
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I'd like to see the 33 and 35 Winchesters
I prefer classic.
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I'd like to see the 33 and 35 Winchesters i have always wanted Browning to build a BLR s.s. laminated stock,338 Win. mag .
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I need to aquire a BLR in 358 win and 30-06 sometime.
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