...but I love it anyway. It's a Browning Bar 300 WSM that I sold to my buddy but I jus got it back from him!
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The BARs are beautiful guns.
I’ve got one in 300 Win Mag. I love it cuz it was dad in law’s. Accuracy, well, some BARs hold moa and some hold memories!
I’ve got one in 300 Win Mag. I love it cuz it was dad in law’s. Accuracy, well, some BARs hold moa and some hold memories!
It's been a while since I shot it. I really can't remember how it shoots. I'll find out as soon as I get it scoped.
I need another Bar...
Dad had one in the 70s that was just ok but not great.
Can they be accurate?
Dad had one in the 70s that was just ok but not great.
Can they be accurate?
I was wondering what I was going to do with this gun! What caliber is that? PM on the way. Thanks for posting!!Oh, yeah.
I think McMillan made some one piece stocks and the military ‘accurized’ some BARs in 300 Win Mag. Sadly, my efforts at finding a one piece have failed.
I’d love to get at least close to moa with mine. It is 2 moa at best right now.
Maybe I’ll revisit it this summer and see what I can get out of it with more tinkering.
I’d love to get at least close to moa with mine. It is 2 moa at best right now.
Maybe I’ll revisit it this summer and see what I can get out of it with more tinkering.
First, I believe the particular rifle in the photo belongs to Uncle Sam (via Crane), not me. My introduction was through a different program.
A number went to Somalia and killed skinny people. My interest was because at the USAMU and Fort Bragg we were working on a magnum-caliber self-loader, and this was one of two options (the other the Armalite AR-10 in 300 RSAUM, in the days before XM-110).
It's made by Arms Tech in Phoenix. I don't know if they're still around.
This is extracted from a 2004 letter from Rick Pimley to Infantry Combat Developments at Fort Benning:
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Key components in the latest version of the Super Match Interdiction Rifle include:
Proprietary Arms Tech LTD carbon steel trunnion block assembly;
Free-floating Schneider Premium air-gauged barrel;
Patented Arms Tech LTD gas system;
Proprietary Arms Tech LTD trigger group assembly;
Bolt hold-open device;
Proprietary Arms Tech A2 stock by McMillan;
Arms Tech two-piece adjustable scope base.
Proprietary Arms Tech LTD steel, five-round detachable box magazine and
Optional Arms Tech 8th Generation MD-30S 1” x 9” Sound and Flash Suppressor, NSN (PROV) 1005-U01-2298, P/N AT MD-30.
A number went to Somalia and killed skinny people. My interest was because at the USAMU and Fort Bragg we were working on a magnum-caliber self-loader, and this was one of two options (the other the Armalite AR-10 in 300 RSAUM, in the days before XM-110).
It's made by Arms Tech in Phoenix. I don't know if they're still around.
This is extracted from a 2004 letter from Rick Pimley to Infantry Combat Developments at Fort Benning:
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Key components in the latest version of the Super Match Interdiction Rifle include:
Proprietary Arms Tech LTD carbon steel trunnion block assembly;
Free-floating Schneider Premium air-gauged barrel;
Patented Arms Tech LTD gas system;
Proprietary Arms Tech LTD trigger group assembly;
Bolt hold-open device;
Proprietary Arms Tech A2 stock by McMillan;
Arms Tech two-piece adjustable scope base.
Proprietary Arms Tech LTD steel, five-round detachable box magazine and
Optional Arms Tech 8th Generation MD-30S 1” x 9” Sound and Flash Suppressor, NSN (PROV) 1005-U01-2298, P/N AT MD-30.
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I believe the OP's photo is a Mk2 BAR introduced in 1993.
The Browning BAR sporting version is certainly a distinct and separate rifle from the military BAR M1918, but its design is the result that started with John M. Browning. His grandson, Bruce Browning, was the driving force behind today's BAR. A large team of automatic firearms experts at the FN factory in Belgium also played a key role in its development.
This group of FN automatic rifle designers, led by Marcel Olinger, began serious work on the project code named "Carbine 66," with full scale development and testing done throughout 1966 in preparation for an official 1967 product launch.
The original prototypes had the distinctive scalloped receiver, which all early BAR’s had. The trigger group assembly was reliable, but complex. The design required the disassembly of the buttstock from the receiver to remove the trigger group. BAR’s at that time came with your choice of a right or left-handed safety, but they were not reversible. All calibers were built on a long action length receiver.
Initially the civilian BAR rifle was totally produced in Belgium, however in the early 1970’s the assembly process was transferred to their new facility in Viana, Portugal and is where the BAR continues to be assembled today. Contrary to what some have said, the BAR has always been made in Belgium and assembled in Portugal from the beginning.
Not well known to many was a special project in the early 1970s to produce a BAR version just for law enforcement. This rifle featured a slightly modified, high capacity FN FAL magazine and was chambered in 308 Winchester. However, the rifle never made it into production.
I bought this MK1 Type 2 BAR in 1987 to use deer hunting....didn't get one that year with this rifle. I think it's a great looking rifle.
The BAR has evolved slightly for over four decades.
Rifles manufactured between 1968 and 1978 are usually called Type 1 rifles (referred in the Browning Armorer Manual as “old” style).
Rifles manufactured between 1979 and 1992 they are often called Type 2 rifles (referred in the Manual a “new” style), however these rifles are very similar to the original Type 1 models.
Action – Gas operated, semi-automatic. Rotating head 7 lug breech bolt with recessed bolt face enclosing the cartridge base.
Barrel – Individually machined from forged, heat treated billets of special steel. Barrel contains locking recesses behind chamber for the breech bolt. Length is 22” for all calibers.
Magazine – Detachable box magazine that operates in conjunction with a trap door type floor plate. Magazine capacity is 4 rounds; magnum caliber magazine capacity is 3 rounds.
Redfield "Illuminator" 3-12X scope, when they were mfg. in Japan with great erectors and glass. Butler Creek flip caps in the day.
The Browning BAR sporting version is certainly a distinct and separate rifle from the military BAR M1918, but its design is the result that started with John M. Browning. His grandson, Bruce Browning, was the driving force behind today's BAR. A large team of automatic firearms experts at the FN factory in Belgium also played a key role in its development.
This group of FN automatic rifle designers, led by Marcel Olinger, began serious work on the project code named "Carbine 66," with full scale development and testing done throughout 1966 in preparation for an official 1967 product launch.
The original prototypes had the distinctive scalloped receiver, which all early BAR’s had. The trigger group assembly was reliable, but complex. The design required the disassembly of the buttstock from the receiver to remove the trigger group. BAR’s at that time came with your choice of a right or left-handed safety, but they were not reversible. All calibers were built on a long action length receiver.
Initially the civilian BAR rifle was totally produced in Belgium, however in the early 1970’s the assembly process was transferred to their new facility in Viana, Portugal and is where the BAR continues to be assembled today. Contrary to what some have said, the BAR has always been made in Belgium and assembled in Portugal from the beginning.
Not well known to many was a special project in the early 1970s to produce a BAR version just for law enforcement. This rifle featured a slightly modified, high capacity FN FAL magazine and was chambered in 308 Winchester. However, the rifle never made it into production.
I bought this MK1 Type 2 BAR in 1987 to use deer hunting....didn't get one that year with this rifle. I think it's a great looking rifle.
The BAR has evolved slightly for over four decades.
Rifles manufactured between 1968 and 1978 are usually called Type 1 rifles (referred in the Browning Armorer Manual as “old” style).
Rifles manufactured between 1979 and 1992 they are often called Type 2 rifles (referred in the Manual a “new” style), however these rifles are very similar to the original Type 1 models.
Action – Gas operated, semi-automatic. Rotating head 7 lug breech bolt with recessed bolt face enclosing the cartridge base.
Barrel – Individually machined from forged, heat treated billets of special steel. Barrel contains locking recesses behind chamber for the breech bolt. Length is 22” for all calibers.
Magazine – Detachable box magazine that operates in conjunction with a trap door type floor plate. Magazine capacity is 4 rounds; magnum caliber magazine capacity is 3 rounds.
Redfield "Illuminator" 3-12X scope, when they were mfg. in Japan with great erectors and glass. Butler Creek flip caps in the day.
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I’ve always like pretty wood/blued BAR’s, but that camo’ed stock made my underwear move…….
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