Song Dog Assasin
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I recently inhereted a Browning BAR in 30-06 that belonged to my brother. As far as I know he never fired it.
It has an older (late 80's era) Nikon 2-7 scope on it, with Leupold bases. I thought I would get it ready for deer season, so I picked up a box of 150gr. Hornady Superformance, cleaned it up real good, leveled the scope which was terribly canted, and headed to the range. The performance was less than stellar. After burning through the entire box of shells, I had to settle for a pattern that would hit anywhere inside of a 3.5" circle. Is this normal for the BAR? I'm guessing that maybe it prefers heavier bullets?
This gun reminds me very much of my old .243 Browning model 81 BLR, which is the only other Browning rifle I ever owned. They are both beautiful guns that are impressive to behold, but don't actually shoot worth a darn. I never could get that BLR to shoot good, and I tried at least 10 different loads, I finally traded it off. I'm hoping that this isn't going to be a repeat.
What's your experience with the BAR? Good, bad, or indefferent. Any advice? Obviously I'm going to try some other loads before I give up on it.
It has an older (late 80's era) Nikon 2-7 scope on it, with Leupold bases. I thought I would get it ready for deer season, so I picked up a box of 150gr. Hornady Superformance, cleaned it up real good, leveled the scope which was terribly canted, and headed to the range. The performance was less than stellar. After burning through the entire box of shells, I had to settle for a pattern that would hit anywhere inside of a 3.5" circle. Is this normal for the BAR? I'm guessing that maybe it prefers heavier bullets?
This gun reminds me very much of my old .243 Browning model 81 BLR, which is the only other Browning rifle I ever owned. They are both beautiful guns that are impressive to behold, but don't actually shoot worth a darn. I never could get that BLR to shoot good, and I tried at least 10 different loads, I finally traded it off. I'm hoping that this isn't going to be a repeat.
What's your experience with the BAR? Good, bad, or indefferent. Any advice? Obviously I'm going to try some other loads before I give up on it.