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BLR Accuracy
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04/08/23 07:43 PM
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riflenut
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I took a BLR 7mm08 in a trade a couple years ago. Beautiful rifle, bluing is damn near perfect, wood has a few shallow scratches. I plan to kill a deer with it this coming year. I’ll be working up a load with it in the next couple of weeks starting with Sierra 140 GKs and varget. I know every rifle on the internet is a tack driving, one hole shooting 1/4 moa rifle. I can appreciate that but what kind of accuracy can I realistically expect? Is 1 moa doable or is 1.5-2 moa the norm?
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
"I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers." George Mason
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/08/23 08:00 PM
04/08/23 08:00 PM
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ALMODUX
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Ive had more than a few, and most would go moa and even less for 3x, but were load specific to get there. I will say that the 358s were more for giving, and I don’t recall any of the 308s, 243s, or the one 7-08 being ‘bad’ with anything I fed them….bad woulda been much past 1.5-2 moa. They have good barrels and good potential, IME.
Last edited by ALMODUX; 04/08/23 08:00 PM.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/08/23 08:16 PM
04/08/23 08:16 PM
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blade
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: blade]
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04/08/23 09:10 PM
04/08/23 09:10 PM
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Posts: 3,655 Spanish Fort
TurkeyJoe
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My dad has one that is in that same range. Probably closer to 1.5. He’s killed a bunch of deer with it.
Micah 6:8
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/08/23 09:14 PM
04/08/23 09:14 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 12,800 behind my Dillon
dave260rem!
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I hear from blr folks that most prefer heavy grain bullets as a general rule of thumb.
Skinny is my EX.Alcohol was involved.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
#3893185
04/09/23 06:50 AM
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Teacher One
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Not to sidetrack, but what price range do these BLR’s fall in. I have one that has sat in the safe and never even put a round in it. If they shoot as well as what is listed above I might have to take it to the woods a time or two. It just feels different to me. I love Brownings and bought this one thinking I would hunt some with it but the Tikka is my favorite now.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/09/23 06:58 AM
04/09/23 06:58 AM
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Model and condition matter like with all rifles, but a standard wood blued rifle can be anywhere from 800 to 1200 and sometimes more for other models( stainless takedown, etc )
Last edited by BPI; 04/09/23 07:00 AM.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/09/23 08:07 AM
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I guess I'll load up a few and see what she'll do. It came with an older gloss vari-xII.
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
"I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers." George Mason
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/10/23 10:03 AM
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Goatkiller
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1-1.5 is acceptable accuracy from a BLR. I've had several and all would get in that range, albeit one required handloads to get under 2" and it was a sold 1-1.25" after I found something it liked.
That's easily good enough accuracy for a hunting rifle. This isn't a precision bolt gun.
No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/10/23 10:13 PM
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i have 2 blur’s and love them. one is belgium.308 that shoots everything well; but loves 168 grain and as long as i do my job it is a 1” mia. the other is a japan made .358 and after finding the right cartridge (180 grain); it is equally as accurate. hope you enjoy yours as much as i have mine. i would also add to not go with a large diameter scope.
Russ K. McMillan
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Re: BLR Accuracy
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04/11/23 07:15 PM
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i have 2 blur’s and love them. one is belgium.308 that shoots everything well; but loves 168 grain and as long as i do my job it is a 1” mia. the other is a japan made .358 and after finding the right cartridge (180 grain); it is equally as accurate. hope you enjoy yours as much as i have mine. i would also add to not go with a large diameter scope. We went with super low Leupold rings and the scope lines up with his eye just right. It fit a 40mm VX3 fine ,once we pulled the rear sight off and he can get to the hammer just fine.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/12/23 11:18 AM
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2.5-8 Leupold on mine.
It's critical to get the scope mounted low on these IMO otherwise you have your neck on the stock in short order. The chin weld is real if not property setup.
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/21/23 05:21 AM
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Well, I got the BLR to the range this week She didn't like Sierras and Varget at all, 2.5-5" groups. Switched to Hornady 139 gr SSTs and Varget, better but still not acceptable. SSTs and H4350 show promise at the upper end of book range. 49.0 and 50.0 gr held 1.25-1.5" and were repeatable with 2 different 3 shot groups for each. I'm happy with that for this one. Thanks for the help guys.
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
"I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers." George Mason
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Re: BLR Accuracy
[Re: riflenut]
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04/21/23 09:07 PM
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Can’t wait to see some pics of her in the field this fall. Glad to hear you found a load that would work.
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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