Thread: BROWNING BLR LIGHTWEIGHT 20″ – 223 REM discussion

For a Japanese made rifle, they are excellent quality and if you are unfamiliar with them, they are a lever gun with a box magazine rather than a tube and are available in a number of more conventional rifle calibres like .308 .223 and so on. The bolt locks allowing the extra pressure to fire safely unlike pistol calibre lever guns.

However, I've seen a number of used come up for sale, suggestion some people really don't like them? My thoughts having held one (but not fired one) is that .223 is likely a great calibre for this gun but it is far too light to be worth getting in anything bigger. Just wanted to know peoples thoughts on this gun, pros/cons, possible reasons for glut of used in market. Thanks in advance.