How accurate is the Browning BAR??

[chevychris]

Hey guys. I was wondering how accurate the Browning BAR with BOSS is. I was thinking of one in .300 Mag. for moose? Any problems with it?

[DocHolladay]

I dont own one personally, but have heard nothing but rave reviews on them. Wear hearing protection sighting in and hunting, the BOSS is LOUD! If you put in the time selecting ammo and shooting it to see what the rifle likes, you should be great. If you handload, you willl be even better.

[martyb1]

I have 2 friends with them.The only thing they found is that they are very picky when it comes to bullets.They found some brands shoot terrible and some shoot excellent.Both of these guys handload all their bullets.We did find that neither shoot Barnes bullets very well,but I know of another that shoots Barnes well.You will have to do some experimenting

[carbine100]

They have a good reputation for accuracy.

[youngbuck88]

be careful getting such a heavy caliber gun to shoot when the gun is semi-auto i do kno it can damage the gun with the way the reciever picks up the bullet i'm told when people buy heavy calibers in semi auto's that u need to shoot different bullets because the gun can be picky but when it comes down too it you usually end up shooting a light grain bullet outta the gun i have a semi auto 270 for dog hunting and i shoot 125gr bullets out of it so the gun lasts longer in the end

[DocHolladay]

be careful getting such a heavy caliber gun to shoot when the gun is semi-auto i do kno it can damage the gun with the way the reciever picks up the bullet i'm told when people buy heavy calibers in semi auto's that u need to shoot different bullets because the gun can be picky but when it comes down too it you usually end up shooting a light grain bullet outta the gun i have a semi auto 270 for dog hunting and i shoot 125gr bullets out of it so the gun lasts longer in the end

A semi-auto has less recoil, especially if the rifle has some weight to it also. I am pretty sure that Browning has researched all of the calibers that they produced the rifle in and made sure that the action operates properly with all of them. If it does mess up, Browning is a stand-up company and should fix any problems.

As for shooting the 125gr. bullet, the faster the MV, the faster the barrel wears out.

[youngbuck88]

yea but but how my thousand times do you think u would have to shoot the gun to do that

[DocHolladay]

It would depend on how fast that bullet is traveling. Some competition shooters can wear a barrel out in a year or less. For a hunter, it could be several years if at all. Of course, if you do alot of reloading and shooting, it might not make it 3 years.

[youngbuck88]

in that case it wouldnt be a good gun to dog hunt with

[deerhunter4life]

You'd be suprised youngbuck88, I know benchrest shooters who throw out there barrels after 800-1000 rounds, but they are shooting 1/2 MOA and smaller 5 shot groups at 100 yards, and will notice the slightest difference in accuracy. I would say 2000 rounds and you would start to notice a difference in accuracy, not knowing at what speed these bullets are moving, could be more or less. A bullet moving in the area of 3400-3500 fps can burn a barrel out pretty quickly. With a hunting gun it wouldn't make a huge difference, so what it goes from shooting a 3/4" group at 100 yards to 1.5" not a huge deal. Either way most hunters never burn out a barrel unless they spend a lot of time at the shooting range. If you are shooting a semi auto as fast as you can though, the barrel life will be shortened even more. I know a guy who burned out the barrel on a mini 14 in .223 in something like 500-600 rounds because eveytime they shot it it sounded like a machine gun, emptying a 40 round clip in 10 seconds over and over again.