Browning BLR Takedown Scout rifle

[Skillet]

I think this might be my favorite woods combo rifle for deer/elk on the west side - anybody got one they have any experience with?  Been wanting a .358 Win gun for a while and just found out about the whole "scout rifle" concept - seems to me like a scout BLR in .358 with a low power scope would be the cat's meow. 

[hillbilli]

havent handled the takedown version, but every BLR I've seen was accurate enough.. its light and handy enough, ought to do the trick..

[pricedo]

I have 2 BLR Takedown 81 lightweight leverguns with the straight stock & barrel band.........308 Winchester & 450 Marlin.

I haven't ranged the 450 Marlin yet but the 308 is dead on accurate (with factory Nosler 165 grain Accubond ammo) with a Leupold 2-7x33mm scope mounted on Warne QD mounts.
I mounted the 450 BLR the same way.

I set my guns up for survival applications & do not remove sighting options (ie. the factory iron sights) in case the scope gets busted or becomes defective when I'm way back in the sticks.
I can remove the scope in seconds and use the iron sights if necessary.

It was an easy choice between the Winchester (Miroku made) model 94 short gun in 450 Marlin & the BLR (also made by Miroku of Japan).

Several things were in the BLRs favor........it was $600 cheaper than the 94, it didn't have a redundant tang safety like the 94, it wasn't ported like the 94, it had a stronger action (lever actuated bolt action) than the 94, it didn't have a freeze-up prone rebounding hammer linkage like the 94.

The quality and fit & finish of the BLR & 94 were the same Miroku high quality.

I love my Marlin Guide Guns but the BLR is just a bit higher class (and higher priced) gun.........superb workmanship, dependability & funtionality right out of the box.

[pricedo]

My BLR has the conventional scope receiver mounted.
In the case of my BLR in 308 Winchester I can completely dismantle the shooting system into its 3 separate components, the 2 rifle segments & the scope and reassemble them and the POI varies at the most 1/2" at 100 yards no matter how many times I do this.
That's a compliment to the precision of both Miroku & Warne machining.
I can live with a 1/2 MOA POI "wander" which is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things when you're hunting deer, bear & moose sized animals.

[Skillet]

Great info, thanks!