Browning BAR Sporting Rifle

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey guys this is Dr Drake 63 and friend as you can see today I can talk a little bit about a new hunting rifle I picked up if you watch my channel you know that I've got some of the classics this top one is John Browning design it's the Remington Model 81 this was the first one of the first successful commercial hunting semi-auto loaders and as you can see by this big thick barrel it works on a reciprocating barrel type of scenario where the barrel goes back and loads the next round and it's a cool looking gun functions well shoots well but it's certainly got a lot of weight and some limitations based on the design here you see the iconic pre 64 winchester model 70 and it doesn't fit the semi-auto world at all other than I like showing off a classic hunting rifle but one of the rifles I've always wanted to get is this guy right here this is the Browning var this one is from 1984 it's in 308 Winchester and it's got beautiful wood this is a type 2 this is the non fancy non engraved one as you can see it's got a little bit of a challenge on the finish a beautiful blue job with someone who claims they put it in their case with some snow on it but it's a tool right and here you can see again the Browning ba R these are manufactured in Belgium they're assembled in Portugal and this particular model is no longer made they now make a a modern version of this with lighter weight materials but I've always wanted one of these if watched my video where I talked about the Remington 742 always during my time having that Remington 742 and some of the first ones I owned everybody always said the same thing the best semi-auto loading hunting rifle is the Browning B AR and that's what we're gonna talk about today really glad to get my hands on one of these and I'm looking forward to shooting it and some other things but today we're just going to talk about it we're gonna take a little bit of a look at the inside the action that's gas operated and this is not to be confused with the military version of the Browning ba R this is not a John Browning design in any way shape or form it was actually designed by his grandson and other folks at the Browning company but this is a classic the level of detail on the woods amazing I'd love to have got this with a receiver that matched the wood in terms of just almost flawless and pretty to look at nice checkering job there that's French walnut we're looking at there was a higher-end version of this one made as well were you you had some engraving on both sides of the receiver that's not something I care too much about and this is something I do plan to hunt with do I expect it to be as accurate as this Winchester 1959 model 70 no I don't do I expect it to be more reliable in terms of follow-up shots and cheaper to shoot than this old 35 Remington yes I do yes I do so let's talk about that stay tuned the original browning ba R was introduced and hit the field in 1918 so it saw action in World War 1 it was a gas operated kind of a squad level automatic weapon that was chambered in thirty yards six saw service in world war one world war two Korea in Vietnam but that's not what this is but I haven't really owned a lot of browning firearms until someone recently picked up my first browning hi-power and this is a Belgian manufactured and Belgium assembled from 1976 loved this gun so really other than another high power this is the first browning company manufactured hunting rifle I've ever got always been more of a remington and winchester guy but like i said the the browning ba r has been something that is just simply known for excellence in manufacturer yeah they have changed that design over the years the early versions and this one from 1984 differ pretty much only in the trigger group this particular one is missing the front hood which goes on there i found out that as a part you can get but i just really love the the basic and simple look of the rifle and it has nothing to do with john browning is mentioned earlier other than the company that bears its name and somebody from his lineage was involved in the design that absolutely has nothing to do whatsoever with the military version but these have been these have been known to go for premium prices if you get some of the fancier versions some of the safaris some of the less common calibers things of that nature but i have to say that and you know these are both older versions this one from 1976 so that's that's what 44 years today this one is from 1984 so that puts it at 36 years old today these are definitely older models but I really can appreciate the time and the craftsmanship that goes into them we're going to look inside this this ba R in a second so just measure in this where where the the breech of the barrel goes into the receiver you'll see that this is a 22 inch barrel as advertised and these were available on some different barrel lengths but this particular version in 308 22 inches of barrel is plenty without a doubt you can see it's a shame there's some some blemishes on here that I'm going to carefully work on a lot of rubbin with a lot of rubbin with a cloth and and some oil as opposed to even going the route with steel wool at this point it's not going to be perfect I'm not going to get it reblued but just imagine what this guy be worth if it had that flawless finish like the barrel and like the stock and the foregrip dead but nice handy little rifle weighs about 7 1/2 pounds and that's a nice light weight for carry and as you can see I need to to get some inserts some plugs where the scope mounts were it did come with a vortex 3 by 9 sculpt and a nice set amount but my plan is at least originally to shoot this as open sights which i think is gonna be a lot of fun ok just to show you a couple things about this and then we're gonna take this front forearm stock off and show you how the gas operating system works this has as you can see right here a very nice william site and this basically is adjustable for both windage and elevation this was what came with the gun I did mention that this front sight which is also by Williams has a bead which is brass covered and if you look real close you'll see that there's some notches on the side of that front sight post and that's basically where the the hood would slide and may or may not replace that but overall a good design balance is real nicely real nicely liked it a lot and then in terms of the operation basically you know you pull your bolt back and if you've got ammo in the magazine which clearly I do not it's going to go ahead and charge that ammo I believe this is a four plus one if you want to release the bolt you simply put a little back back pressure and then you pop the magazine out like that okay and the magazine is interesting it's on a hinge plate however it comes out so it is a removable magazine that that pops in and it's internal so if you want to have some spares available you can this is being a 308 a short action model so your 308 your 243 and your other ones for a semi-auto hunting rifle I prefer a shorter action just because the longer the cartridge you have the mores going on the more timing is important so happy that it most definitely happy that it is in 308 and I did point out earlier I need to get some some plugs to go where the where the where the sight mounts were it'll function just fine without them but I want to get those more than anything else just for the purposes of keeping dirt out of the the receiver and things like that let's take a look at the trigger pull while we're at it this came in at three and a half pounds and they're advertised as a four pound trigger but it felt a little bit lighter than that but I would not lighten this up any more than that now one of the big changes from the original sporting model to this is this has I'll call it a drop in it involves a lot of disassembly to take this out but it's more of a drop in trigger package it's a lot less complicated and you know I like it it's a nice feel I like where the grip is the pistol grip really easy to get your hand on it very easy to carry around it's not super heavy like I said seven and three-quarter pounds so what we're gonna do next is take this front lug off this is your your lug where you'd go ahead and put your sling mount but it also is the screw that holds the front grip onto the rifle so basically I'm gonna use this wrench get it started and then now she comes you don't want to gorilla tighten this or anything like that the other thing is to take that off you want to pull the bolt back and once you have you can move this forward and it comes off not to beat up the wood it's like and what you see right here this is your gas regulator screw okay and this is your gas block but as you can see looking at the action here we'll put this down for a closer look but this is spring-loaded you can see the spring right there and this travels back and forth with your bolt let's put this down to take a closer look so you can see that there are some additional gases that are expelled okay and I believe that the there's really not much you can do about that this is what it's going to look like after a few rounds but this piece right here like I said they did a really good job both on the checkering and the selection of the wood now before anybody gets too upset for me Lana a rifle down on bare wood keep in mind guys I did it super gently no firearms were hurt during the filming of this video so I mentioned here's your your gas adjustment screw there's a different one depending on whether it's 308 243 whatever the case may be now I'm not gonna take that out and clean it just for the heck of it so this is a short-stroke piston and this piece of the part that carries the bolt when closed rests up against here squarely and so this piece moves out and propels your bolt backwards to cycle it another bolt let's show you what it looks like in the closed position so when when the bolt is closed it rests up against this and that very short stroke little piston piece in there sends it back and that tube we looked at is nothing more than a guide rod that's what it acts as so you can see this this particular firearm has had some where it's gonna get a lot more let me tell you that boys but you know what I like to have it in pristine condition maybe probably wouldn't want to hunt with it then where I go you can get nasty at times for boat removal and stuff like that it gets to be a complicated process and I've seen the complete takedown videos for these they're well over thirty minutes that's the kind of thing I'll do when I need to do it but I'm not going to do it because I'm curious because on these older models complete takedown means you take off the stuff you're taking all these parts out now keep in mind this is what holds spring tension on your bolt this little track right here and it's not hard to take that off it's not hard at all but that's basically how it works its gas operated it's calibrated for hunting type ammo so I imagine if you were to shoot NATO 760 by 51 it may function differently but we'll find out when we shoot it what's going on I also told you we take a look at the bolt here and you can see it things that you want to check for does your ejector work correctly does the spring on your extract or work correctly things like that and you know how do I tell just push it in with the handle of a toothbrush and it moves back and forth the way it's supposed to but this is the inside of your receiver you can see the top of the of the magazine when it set into place and what's nice is these locking lugs lock up with hammer forged metal which is at the the inside of the barrel and here's a cutaway photo that kind of gives you an idea exactly how that works and important to have and one of my big rips on the Remington 742 was they just didn't have that kind of lock up and the metals were not made nearly as well as this browning so there is that but it's wanted to kind of give you a basic look you know usually same guys that that have semi-auto shotguns know the same thing you don't need to take the whole thing apart to keep it going but typically you want to make sure like you've got good lubrication and things like that going on with these parts she's a beauty in her own character duei I really appreciate you to spend the time to watch with me today and take a little bit closer look at a classic rifle the brown EBA our sporting Edition and will of course provide you some footage and some thoughts when we've shot it until then this is dr drake 63 I want to thank you for joining me today carry on guys [Music]

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Length: 19min 3sec (1143 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 05 2020