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A good friend wants a Browning pump rebarreled to 458 Winchester. Anybody have any experience rebarreling these things? Would certainly be a LOT quicker to cycle than a bolt gun & almost as fast as a double. ![]() Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | ||
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Hey man.....a guy learns something every day.....I didn't know that Browning made a pump suited for centerfire rounds of rifle ammo. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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vapo, it's the BPR, and they did them in everything to 300 win. perhaps even 338 win .. neat gun but a little heavy. Doug, the barrel shank is VERY thin and the stock will have to be bedded where the rear of the action hits the buttstock. I think the "natural" heaviness would be a good thing on a 458 pump. .. I have nearly done the 416 taylor on a BLR, for what's that's worth... it'll come, sooner or later jeffe #dumptrump opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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jeffe you mean the barrel shank is very thin where it fits into the receiver; am i right? I've never seen one. Is the BPR receiver basically the same as the BAR receiver? ![]() Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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Doug, Yes, the BPR and BAR as basically the same thing, as far as barrel and action are concerned. the BLR is a totally different thing. here's a link to a the BPR manual. Look on page 6. in that particular photo, its actually hard to tell the diff http://media.browning.com/pdf/om/bprmanual.pdf page 9 shows an illustrive ONLY diagram Here's the story... people wanted a pump, for whatever reason, and the BAR's operating stroke, like the pump "ARs" could be modified to be a pump rifle, and there it is. btw, the rifle action is larger and heavier than what you think it would be, at first glance, just like the BAR jeffe #dumptrump opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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