Browning BLR Lightweight '81 Stainless Lever Action - 308 Win - 20" - Laminate

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Tech Specs at a Glance:

Caliber: 308 Win
Barrel Length: 20"
Length Of Pull: 13.75"
Rate of Twist: 1:12"
Magazine Capacity: 4
Overall Length: 40"
Weight: 6lbs 8oz

Price: $1,789.00

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Browning BLR Lightweight '81 Stainless Lever Action - 308 Win - 20" - Laminate:

The BLR Lightweight '81 Stainless is rough and ready to the core. This accurate, fast handling rifle is equipped take on the toughest hunting conditions you (and Mother Nature) can dish out. The satin finish on the laminated gray hardwood stock, the satin-nickel finish on the receiver and the matte finish on the stainless barrel minimize reflections that might spook your trophy buck. The TRUGLO/Marbles fiber-optic front sight lets you draw a fine bead in low light conditions. This is what a modern lever-action hunting rifle should be and what other lever-action rifle wish they were.

This takedown model is unique, allowing you to simply flip a finger lever and instantly separate the rifle into two parts for space saving storage or easy transportation, even in a backpack or hunting duffel. Reassembly takes only seconds.

The barrel on BLR Takedown models is factory drilled and tapped for an optional forward-mounted, scout-style scope base to provide a rock-solid optics mounting platform, allowing you to remove the barrel for transportation and storage without losing your scope's zero.

Features & Design:

Quickly breaks into two parts for travel or storage
Non-reflective satin nickel receiver finish
Matte stainless steel barrel
Grey laminated, satin finish straight grip stock with cut checkering
Barrel is drilled and tapped for an optional scout-style scope mount
Truglo/Marble Arms fiber-optic front sight and adjustable rear sight
Sling Swivel studs
4 Option Folding Hammer: Full-cock, Half-cock, Folded hammer position & Fired position
Integrated Lever and Trigger
Aluminum Alloy Receiver
Detachable Box Magazine
Rack and Pinon Lever Action

Technical Features:

Caliber: 308 Win
Barrel Length: 20"
Overall Length: 40"
Length of Pull: 13.75"
Drop at Comb: 0.8"
Drop at Heel: 1.3125"
Magazine Capacity: 4
Magazine Type: Detachable Box Magazine
Rate of Twist: 1:12"
Barrel Finish: Matte
Chamber Finish: Polished Steel
Barrel Material: Stainless Steel
Stock Finish: Grey Laminate
Checkering: Cut 18 LPI
Recoil Pad: Polymer
Receiver Finish: Matte Nickel
Receiver Material: Aluminum Alloy
Trigger Finish: Gold Plated
Trigger Material: Alloy
Trigger Guard Material: Steel
Drilled & Tapped: Yes
Weight: 6lbs 8oz

308 Winchester:

The .308 Winchester (pronounced: "three-oh-eight" or "three-aught-eight") is a rimless, bottlenecked, rifle cartridge and is the commercial cartridge from which the 7.62x51mm NATO round was derived. The .308 Winchester was introduced in 1952, two years prior to the NATO adoption of the 7.62x51mm NATO T65. Winchester branded the cartridge and introduced it to the commercial hunting market as the .308 Winchester. Winchester's Model 70 and Model 88 rifles were subsequently chambered for the new cartridge. Since then, the .308 Winchester has become the most popular short-action, big-game hunting cartridge worldwide. It is also commonly used for civilian target shooting, military sniping, and police sharpshooting. The relatively short case makes the .308 Winchester especially well-adapted for short-action rifles. When loaded with a bullet that expands, tumbles, or fragments in tissue, this cartridge is capable of high terminal performance.

Although very similar to the military 7.62x51mm NATO specifications, the .308 cartridge is not identical, and there are special considerations that may apply when mixing these cartridges with 7.62x51mm NATO, and .308 Winchester chambered arms. Their interchange is, however, considered safe by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI).

Suggested Use:

Predators
Small Game
Varmint
Deer
Black Bear
Moose (short range)
Elk (short range)

Performance:

The .308 Winchester is one of the most popular hunting cartridges in the United States, and possibly the world. It has gained popularity in many countries as an exceptional cartridge for game in the medium- to large-sized class. In North America it is used extensively on whitetail deer, pronghorn and even the occasional caribou or black bear.

Clay Harvey, an American gun writer, says it is usable on moose and elk. Layne Simpson, an American who has hunted in Sweden, says he is surprised how many hunters there use the cartridge. Craig Boddington was told by a Norma Precision executive that the .308 is one of Norma's best-selling calibers.

In Africa the .308 Win is one of the most popular calibers among Bushveld hunters and is used on anything from duiker right up to the massive eland (a small and large African antelope respectively). Proponents of the hydrostatic shock theory contend that the .308 Winchester has sufficient energy to impart hydrostatic shock to living targets when rapidly expanding bullets deliver a high rate of energy transfer.

The .308 Winchester has slightly more drop at long range than the .30-06 Springfield, owing to its slightly lower (100 ft/s) muzzle velocity with most bullet weights. Cartridges with significantly higher muzzle velocities, such as the .300 Winchester Magnum can have significantly less drop at long range.