Re: Shocky failure of the Browning "BAR" rifle in Newfoundland


"Gunny_2007" <patmagroin_16@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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# <browninghighpower9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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# # A colleague of mine took a Browning BAR sporting rifle to Newfoundland
# # to hunt Moose. When he was hunting he got just a few and I mean just
# # a few pine needles lodged down in the trigger mechanism of the gun.
# # It put the gun out of action entirely as the gun now refused to fire.
# # Meanwhile a nice big trophy moose was standing there just looking at
# # him. Now since he had just spent big bucks on this hunt he was so
# # enraged he wanted to smash this poorly designed Browning rifle against
# # the nearest tree or over the biggest rock he could find.
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# Deja Vu. Didn't his story come out a few months ago? It looks strangely
# familiar.
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Too bad the hunter didn't clean his rifle on a regular basis. Only two drift
pins hold in the trigger group; I'm thinking it would have been about a 30
second job to clear the debris and his firearm would have been good to go.
And he blamed the issue on poor design rather than his own poor skills.


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