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One of the biggest deer I've ever killed was with an older Belgium BAR in .270, nice snag!

Bought one about 6 - 8 yrs ago with a Burris 6-24 or something like that on it
Beautiful wood , metal looked great , it flat ass shot , had a real fancy for 150 gr sp Estate ammo
Don’t know what year it was , but definitely in the 60’s I’d venture to say
One of those you wish you could buy back
If I remember right I stole it too
Thinking around 500-600 , can’t remember.
Fine looking and functioning rifle
Kenneth

Congratulations!

Nice rifle. Thats a dandy!

One of dad's best days was when he sold his 1968 Browning BAR .308 jamming rifle. The first BAR's from the late '60's had a single plunger ejector in their bolt face. That rifle stove piped as many cases as it ejected. It went to several gun smiths and nothing fixed the issue until Browning put two plunger ejectors into the later BARs. That hinged magazine was hanging open a few too many times walking in the woods as well. That rifle weighed a lot for a .308 and my buddy's 7mm RM was even worse weight wise. I hope you like your .270 BAR better than dad or Tom liked theirs.

Well that's interesting. I don't doubt your experience but, both my dad and then I have shot the snot out of his .30-06 which has the single plunger and I don't recall a single malfunction.

The last straw that doomed that rifle was when an 8 point came running over the hill at dad’s stand and he got one running shot at it and the fired cartridge never cleared the ejection opening. He said that he was ready to wrap that rifle around a tree because he could never trust it. Amazingly the buck ran past his stand and fell over doa. A nice enough looking rifle, but the m100’s and the m742’s of that era worked better and didn’t cost as much.

My gosh that's a beautiful rifle

I have a grade 2 in 300 win mag that has never jammed on me.

Jealous! Seems there is always guys who have problems with semi autos! Just have to shoot it and see!

I've always thought these were heavier than I would want a rifle but I'm in the "carry more than shoot" camp. If I sat in deer stands I'd be super interested in one of these.

I have a 1990 Browning BAR in 270 Win., it is amazing accurate and has never jammed but is a tad heavy compared with my Ruger 77 270 Win.

It is rare that a Browning BAR won't operate properly.

Good choice