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Some gunsmiths will do trigger work on the BLR.
Right now I have two, a .270 wcf and a .450 Marlin.
They are both takedowns and quite easy to clean.
Easy to shoot, cycle well and the .270 has good accuracy and holds poi....if I do my part

I have one of the older steel framed BLR's in .358 and love it. It shoots 250 grain Speer spitzers into 1"-1 1/2" groups all day long. Deer and bear fall to it frequently and never go far. It's true that the trigger is not match quality, but very useable. It is my go-to rifle in the wet woods here in western Washington. The one drawback to these early steel frame rifles is the magazine. If you lose it or break it, only used ones are available and they will cost you between $200 and $300 dollars to replace.

Chiming in a little late but ... I have had a few blr's off n on since the 70's because they have a rotating bolt so can take modern cartridges and have much less throw to re-chamber vs the others. My last one was a 243 in the new alloy lightweight takedown model with laminated stocks. Pretty neat weildly rifle and I got for a truck gun to take pop shots at dogs. I had my very experienced ex-weatherby & colo school of mines gunsmith fix up its heavy trigger. When I went to pick it up he said "got it to a crisp 3lbs, now get this frukin thing out of my shop and never bring it back". The blr is like a mercedes of the gun world: designed by engineers with no regard for the mechanics. Also, all straight stock cowboy guns are really for quick heads up shooting with irons, ideally a peep. When your eyes turn like mine and need a scope, then you wind up with no to very little cheek weld because of the massive drop. They dont make a pad high enough.
To me the best quick repeating hunting 'brush gun' is a pump or semi auto. I ain't no cowboy.

I have a takedown in 270 wsm

The prettiest, coolest gun in my collection but I haven't messed around enough to find a good load for it. The trigger makes it challenging to shoot. Awesome gun for those sub 200 yard shots.


I have tried 130 partitions, 145 eldx so far all at about 2 MOA.

I have had Neil Jones do triggers on 3 of my BLR's. I called and talked to him about how he does the triggers and he made it sound very simple. In fact, he told me he could teach me how to do them myself if I wanted to go by his shop sometime.
I believe I recall him saying that if people had trouble doing them they don't know what they're doing. Apparently some 'smiths believe that you have to remove the lever and gear mechanism to work on the triggers, but that is not necessary.

Pre 81 mags that work perfectly and are 3d printed are available at mag3d.ca
Ive been trying to wear one out and no luck so far. $30 some odd bucks Canadian.