Thread: Browning Blr takedown

Ok cheers that makes sense. I have a stainless pistol grip non-takedown in 308 and do not find it heavy.

BLR LT WT Takedown 243. Want to change scope to a 2-10 or 3.5-10x50. But might sell if son still wants something old school.

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They are quite heavy , weighed mine the other day when reading this thread think it went 3.96kg , scope is older model leupold 2.5-8x36.
Neat little guns though apart from the heavy trigger, i find they carry well though think its the slim receiver just sits nicely in your hand.
Seen one of those stainless laminated models in H@F Dunedin awhile back ,very nice i thought. cheers

I thought I’d share my experience with a BLR 81 Takedown .308
I’m nearly 60, but still quite good with scoped rifles, but all the rifles I have are not ideal bush stalkers, so I thought I’d change that.
I bought a takedown 308 and it’s a beautiful rifle. My ego said “Hey keep it iron sighted for the bush”. It is workable, but if I saw something at 50 - 100m, I couldn’t be sure I could reliably hit into an animals vitals, so I opted for a Burrows 1-3.5 scope. I sighted it in at 50m lying prone in a field, but even though I reload, I could never get any groups less than 1 inch. Very frustrating, learning to find consistent ammo, a good hold, cope with the heavy trigger etc. it was fine for standing shots but bothered me I couldn’t get repeatable good groups.
So in a pique of madness I decided to punch out the barrel band and unscrew the barrel off the foregrip. I noticed immediately how shoddy the finish was, super rough and a few long splinters on the surface. So I got the Dremel out and carefully cleaned up the wood whilst paying close attention to not touching they grey bedding compound. Then I took the dremel to the inside-top of the Barrel Band to evenly cut away metal so that it no longer touched the barrel. I sprayed the dremellled area with black paint to seal the bare metal and reassembled it. It looked good and I could pass a slither of paper under it without impedance.
I then shot a mixture of reloads and noticed that accuracy had gotten worse.
I had changed the harmonics of the barrel and it was time to start reloading again.
The Hornady RN 150g which was previously OK, was really bad.
I went through periods of self-doubt. “Is the rifle screwed?” “Am I stupid to expect good groups from a 3x scope?” “Is the problem the heavy trigger?” “Is this the BEST I can expect?” Etc.
So I decided to try a different round, Sierra GameKing Soft Point Boat Tail 150g. I also decided to try not to hold the rifle prone with both hands, instead use my resting hand only on a rear bag and pulling the stock into my shoulder with my trigger-hand. Trigger thumb on the top of the butt stock and non trigger fingers loose by the lever. So that my trigger hand was near vertical.
After a few rounds the rifle and my technique settled down/came together and I started to get 3x shots in the SAME HOLE!!

Now I’m not the best shooter by no means, but, if you had similar accuracy issues with your BLR. Take the barrel out and see if it’s down to poor stock finish.

Hope this helps

Regards Peter

Anyone interested in selling their used Browning BLR Takedown? (phone 021 195 8065) Cheers, Mark.

Welcome to the Forum Mark, is this your short cut to Buy-Sell section.

Is there a buy sell section? That sounds even better! I'll have a look for the buy sell tab. Thanks

Sorry, where is the buy sell section? Can you please post a link? Thanks heaps! Cheers

Originally Posted by Mark Gibb

Sorry, where is the buy sell section? Can you please post a link? Thanks heaps! Cheers

You need to participate a bit more mate and then one of the admins will approve your access to the buy sell forum

Ah, Roger that - very helpful - thanks mate.

BLR 308 takedown. Scout scope mounted on the barrel.

Easy to clean. 3 shots ~1.5" MOA @100m.

Light strike to to some cheap factory loaded ammo ( Fuicchi fmj fail rate >50%!!).

100% for Sako factory ammo without light strike so far.

Give me a call on the number above, if you are interested in selling it. Cheers

Ok, so I decided to purchase a new 308 BLR last week. I took it to the range to sight in with my Winchester deer season XP 308 bullets. Bog standard ammo. While sighting it in the rifle misfired on 15 rounds. While my Tikka was confidently shooting the samo ammo. Does anyone else have experience with misfiring 308 bullets in their BLRs? What ammo are others successfully shooting through their 308 BLRs?

That's not the norm mate, if it's a new rifle I'd be taking it back to the dealer, or if it's a new to you 2nd hand rifle I'd be heading to a gunsmith.
My old man's BLR is from the mid 80s and that thing is reliable as, in fact the hammer strike is so strong you have to be onto it while decocking so it doesn't slip

@Mark Gibb,
Can you take a close up picture of the rear of your action with the lever closed and the hammer cocked? It is just to see if the bolt is fully engaged. If it is not, this can be an explanation. The other one is a possible issue with your firing pin. How do the primers of the unfixed cases look like? Also a longish headspace can be the issue. If the rifle is brand new untouched ,maybe take it back.