now about 40 plus years ago I purchased a BAR in 338 caliber ,it's almost too pretty and shiny to hunt with, but I found a slip over camo sock, for the rifle when hunting, now at the time I was thinking this would be a fantastic ELK hunting tool, I installed a 2x7 Leopold scope, on the rifle and loaded it with several different handloads, I quickly found it liked some ammo much more than others but a hornady 200 grain or a 225 grain over a reasonable load of Winchester 760 with a fed 215 primer proved to give consistent 1" groups of the bench.
I figured Id use my 340 wby for locations where Id have long shot prospects, and use my 375 h&h sako, my 45/70 marlin or the BAR in the heavy cover, where I spend most of my time hunting.
I took it as my back-up rifle on a couple hunts and I managed to kill a few mule deer with the rifle, over the years but having it in my hands seemed to repel ELK about as well as a forest fire, as I rarely saw elk if holding it, but it seemed to attract mule deer, but it had plenty of use in friends hands and I've had several offers to sell it , but its done really well on mule deer so IM keeping it.
high quality scopes, proper install procedures and the better quality scope mounts goes a long way toward reducing problems
you don't need to buy the most expensive mounts or rings but a decent quality mount is critical.
IVE never yet had a properly installed weaver style base and rings fail
https://shop.brownells.com/optics/r...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
https://shop.brownells.com/optics-m...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
Ive seen lots of cheap mounts fail
no its never jammed with good ammo and it functions even in sub-zero temps and its accurate, recoil is absorbed to a large degree by the action, in fact its recoil reminds me of my 30/06 slide action, Ive seen very few used in the field so I'm assuming these are not that popular or the cost is prohibitive
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3...e-scope-30mm-tube-5-20x-50mm-side-focus-matte
http://www.browning.com/products/catalo ... i-firearms
http://www.browning.com/products/catalo ... =031001231
watch video
http://video.galleryofguns.com/video/de ... 12-29-2010
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/338-win-and-my-bar-related-info.17076/
I had one of those 742 rifles I bought on sale as did several of my friends, the quality varied quite a bit, the one I bought would not keep a 3"-4" group at 100 yards, but my friends rifle with the same ammo would shoot 1.7" groups every day
I found that strange since Ive owned several 760 slide action remington rifles and I still use a 35 whelen slide action and all the remington slide action rifles are consistently reasonably accurate that Ive seen (under 2")
I sold mine and got a BAR that would hold 1" groups with most ammo and even tighter with some select ammo
theres no comparing the quality but the price is also significantly higher on the BAR
remington 742
browning BAR
remington slide action
much of the area looks similar too these pictures I found posted elseware
the guys who were my mentors were all old geezers in their 50s-60s and I was only20,
at the time but Id read everything I could find for years about hunting, larger game.
I had been invited to go along on an out of state mule deer and elk hunt in 1968, in Colorado!
most of the areas I saw or hunted in looked similar to these pictures
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AREA I HUNT FREQUENTLY FOR ELK
LOWER CANYON
upper canyon
I figured Id use my 340 wby for locations where Id have long shot prospects, and use my 375 h&h sako, my 45/70 marlin or the BAR in the heavy cover, where I spend most of my time hunting.
I took it as my back-up rifle on a couple hunts and I managed to kill a few mule deer with the rifle, over the years but having it in my hands seemed to repel ELK about as well as a forest fire, as I rarely saw elk if holding it, but it seemed to attract mule deer, but it had plenty of use in friends hands and I've had several offers to sell it , but its done really well on mule deer so IM keeping it.
high quality scopes, proper install procedures and the better quality scope mounts goes a long way toward reducing problems
you don't need to buy the most expensive mounts or rings but a decent quality mount is critical.
IVE never yet had a properly installed weaver style base and rings fail
https://shop.brownells.com/optics/r...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
https://shop.brownells.com/optics-m...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
Ive seen lots of cheap mounts fail
no its never jammed with good ammo and it functions even in sub-zero temps and its accurate, recoil is absorbed to a large degree by the action, in fact its recoil reminds me of my 30/06 slide action, Ive seen very few used in the field so I'm assuming these are not that popular or the cost is prohibitive
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3...e-scope-30mm-tube-5-20x-50mm-side-focus-matte
http://www.browning.com/products/catalo ... i-firearms
http://www.browning.com/products/catalo ... =031001231
watch video
http://video.galleryofguns.com/video/de ... 12-29-2010
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/338-win-and-my-bar-related-info.17076/
I had one of those 742 rifles I bought on sale as did several of my friends, the quality varied quite a bit, the one I bought would not keep a 3"-4" group at 100 yards, but my friends rifle with the same ammo would shoot 1.7" groups every day
I found that strange since Ive owned several 760 slide action remington rifles and I still use a 35 whelen slide action and all the remington slide action rifles are consistently reasonably accurate that Ive seen (under 2")
I sold mine and got a BAR that would hold 1" groups with most ammo and even tighter with some select ammo
theres no comparing the quality but the price is also significantly higher on the BAR
remington 742
browning BAR
remington slide action
much of the area looks similar too these pictures I found posted elseware
the guys who were my mentors were all old geezers in their 50s-60s and I was only20,
at the time but Id read everything I could find for years about hunting, larger game.
I had been invited to go along on an out of state mule deer and elk hunt in 1968, in Colorado!
most of the areas I saw or hunted in looked similar to these pictures
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AREA I HUNT FREQUENTLY FOR ELK
LOWER CANYON
upper canyon
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