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which is better an older steel receiver gun or one of the new aluminum receiver guns? How do they get the scope mount screws from not wearing out the aluminum receiver on the new gun anyway????

I have three of the steel M81's in .308 ,..358., ad one I converted to .35 Whelen. Accurate guns, Neil Jones did the triggers on the .308 & the Whelen.

As far as takedown, you can replace the stock through bolt with an Allen Socket screw, punch a hole through the recoil pad to access it and use a T handle to remove the stock from the receiver for traveling. Doesn't help if you want to clean form the breech though.

anyone want to comment on the durability of the aluminum receiver regards scope mounting screws?

Not a problem as far as I can see. The scope mounts are screwed into a metal insert in the aluminum. For all reading I do here I have never heard of a problem with the aluminum receiver.

We've had this ol' steel receiver, Belgian Browning .308 kicking around the family for 25 years or so. It's done a fine job for several of us, on pretty much anything we've pointed it at. Easy to handle, plenty accurate enough for the task. Dad bought it for wild hogs on the California coast. It's been pressed into service for all sorts of critters. My oldest son shoots it mostly these days.

I think they're good guns - interesting twist on the lever design. The .308 is a good cartridge, but an elk-hunting buddy of mine had his re-bored to .358 Win.

Regards, Guy

I have 3 and am very happy. I recently purchased a new 308 with the agreement that it be a 4.5# trigger or the store would send it back to the company. It came over 6#'s, Sent it back- came back 5.5#'s, Sent it back and the store included a note that I would not be happy with anything over 4.5#'s. Finally - It came 4.5#'s on the button and it is a fine trigger.
It was a minor pain but well worth it. Mine like the Fed Fusion ammo and I have heard others comment that the round works well in BLR's. The features that work for me- The clip is fast and handy. Rifle points quickly and carries well. A medium to long range rifle in a brush gun package.

I have a steel Belgian in .308 similiar to GuyM's above pic. I had mine matte blued, took the shiny finish off the wood and added a decellerator pad. It shoots 1 to 1.25 inch groups and is very handy in the woods. Mine wears a 2.5X Leupold in low rings. I had two different ones in .358 Win but had problems with both of them extracting cases from factory ammo and got rid of them. Triggers are okay but difficult to tune. Better handling in tight cover than my Savage 99's or Win 88 due to shorter length. Mine doesn't get much use after I found a Marlin 336 ER in .356 Win which is even shorter and quicker handling than any of the others mentioned.

For what it's worth, I have a 71 Belgium made in .308. fantastic field gun, feeels like a real gun compared to the 336's. Wont double up on paper holes but close enough to drop my share of game.

My dad has two BLR's bought 30 years ago. One in .308 and .358. They have been great rifles and shoot in the 1.5 MOA range or better.

I've had two. Both accurate. One 243, one 7mm-08. The 7mm-08 would lock up at times. Both were very accurate. Almost shot my toe off letting the hammer down, under a scope, on a loaded chamber, with glove mitts on. Bought something with a safety. Totally my bad, but it's cold where I hunt, and the game comes in close.

I have an old steel receiver, straight stock BLR in .308 Win. It wears a 2x7 Lupy and has had hundreds of rounds through it. Including reduced load, cast lead, hand loads for fun. With 150 grain hand loads it still shoots 1 inch groups.
Last spring I found a Light weight aluminum receiver BLR with pistol grip in 358 Win. in a local pawn shop.A Ft Riley Solder
traded it off. It showed some use but I couldn't turn it down. I noticed that it had a funny looking barrel band type front sight with a "Long" ramp on it. The ramp sight looked to be tilted to the right. I removed the front sight only to find that under that long ramp were four (4) holes drilled.All but one appeared to be way off center. Obviously the work of a shade tree gunsmith.
More than a little PO'ed and seeing no good way to fix the holes, I cut two (2) inches off the barrel. That eliminated all the holes and left it with an 18 inch barrel. I put a 1x4 Lupy on it
and went to the range. With 200 grain Speer soft point round nose loads that make 2,450 FPM in my 24 inch Encore custom .358 barrel I still got 2,230 FPM from the 18 inch BLR. It shoot
2 inch groups all day !
This last fall I took one nice PA White tail and TWO Kansas white tails with that rifle and load. One at 148 yards. Can't wait to try it on Hogs next month.
IMHO... BLRs are a great rifle in any caliber.

Rabbitdog

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