


The best load we found for the 358 was a Speer 250 grain over 44 grains of IMR 4064 the 308 preferred a Speer 165 grain, and 45 grains of BLC-2 both preferred fed 215 primers. If you own one of these guns and it has a letter in the serial number, your gun would have been made after 1953 and the letter is a code that represents G Lightweight, M Standard Weight, V 12 Gauge Magnum, S Sweet Sixteen and X 20 Gauge. To find your serial number, you will need to refer to your owner's manual. The two letters indicate the year of manufacture: M0, Z1, Y2, X3. The BAR Mark II series was introduced in 1993 and is still in production. Nearly all Browning firearms manufactured after 1975 have two letters in the serial number. Search : Savage Arms Serial Number Lookup. Date Your Firearm BAR BAR High-Power Rifle The production of the BAR high power rifle began in 1968.

The Browning BLR was officially released in 1971 but Browning started. Those earlier BLR rifles, with the mag extending below the receiverĪre in my experience very accurate with the correct handloads, one hunting partner owns one in cal 308 and my late hunting buddy owned one in cal 358 both would routinely group 5 shots off the bench at 100 yards in under 1.3" rather consistently with selected hand loads, Savage introduced the first hammerless lever-action rifle, the Model 1895, derived from Arthur Savages Model. 1st Year Production Browning BLR K70 Lever Action.
