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Browning Bar II Safari
Posted on 1/1/13 at 11:45 am
Posted on 1/1/13 at 11:45 am
Anyone know much about these rifles? My dad is looking at buying one in a .308 caliber. And I wanted to know if anyone on here had one and whether or not they liked them?
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Posted on 1/1/13 at 11:55 am to Merking
I shot my uncle's .270 for a few seasons before I bought my 700. It's a smooth action that didn't jam on me. The only thing I didn't care for was the weight. Other than that it was a fine shooting semi auto.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 11:57 am to Merking
For a semi auto it is a very good gun.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 12:07 pm to Merking
I have the bar safari mk 2 in 7 mag with the boss very accurate smooth shooting never jammed in the 14 years i have owned it . My only complaint would the boss system makes it very loud. I have a customer that is a gun dealer we were talking one day and he asked me what i shot and he could not say anything bad about the bar, in fact he said it was as close to a bolt gun as you could get because of the way browning locks that bolt in and that they were great guns. 
Posted on 1/1/13 at 12:08 pm to Merking
If I had to use a semi auto I'd definitely have a BAR
Posted on 1/1/13 at 12:14 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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If I had to use a semi auto I'd definitely have a BAR
:kige:
Posted on 1/1/13 at 12:22 pm to El Josey Wales
ive only had 2 rifles jam on me since the 60's.. First one was the famous 742 Woodsmaster 308 carbine, which some commonly refer to as the "jammaster".. The other was a brand new BAR 30-06 on a big 10 point... Needless to say, the next week, I bought my first bolt action.. 
Those BAR's are absolutely beautiful though, with the wood and engraving..
Those BAR's are absolutely beautiful though, with the wood and engraving..
Posted on 1/1/13 at 12:49 pm to Ole Geauxt
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"jammaster"
We always refer to it as the jammomatic
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:04 pm to Ole Geauxt
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".. The other was a brand new BAR 30-06 on a big 10 point... Needless to say, the next week, I bought my first bolt action..
So you missed the first shot?
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:04 pm to Merking
Like them so much i have two. .243 and 7mm wsm. Have had the .243 for 20 yrs and never had any problems.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:13 pm to Tigerpaw123
yes, sorta....long shot on a pipeline, honestly, probly a little early in the day. he froze after the first shot, stood there for a while, couldn't get brass out of the action to shoot him again... found slight blood trail, ran out after about a quarter. looked all day. Fella on adjacent club found him about a few days later, hit him too low..
Several times shot deer with 742, got down out of the climber and walked to deer and would lean gun up on a tree to start to gut deer and look at gun and see brass stuck halfway in action...
Next question?
Several times shot deer with 742, got down out of the climber and walked to deer and would lean gun up on a tree to start to gut deer and look at gun and see brass stuck halfway in action...
Next question?
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:19 pm to Ole Geauxt
Had a sportsman 74 (cheap version of the wood master) it jammed a lot too, only gun I ave ever sold, still wish I had not. Only other thing is I would reccomend clearing the action before going down a tree
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:20 pm to Tigerpaw123
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reccomend clearing the action before going down a tree
This
Shame on you geauxT. Safety first. Don't climb ladders with loaded guns
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:23 pm to Tigerpaw123
quote:i would reccomend doing that as well, now. But this was when i was in my teens, safety belts probly hadn't even been invented yet and Baker and the first Amackers were pretty much the only thing out there... Hell, if you survived a hunting trip while using a Baker, clearing the action was not even a safety consideration..
I would reccomend clearing the action before going down a tree
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:25 pm to Ole Geauxt
My first climber was an amacker surprised I am still alive
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:27 pm to Ole Geauxt
Yea I guess in those old things it was probably better to leave the gun loaded so that when it came crashing down at least your gun would go off so somebody would come looking for you.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:42 pm to Tigerpaw123
quote:amackers were cadillacs compared to baker.... you bound your feet in a baker and usually hugged the tree to climb.. no sit and stand climbing... ive never tried, but goggle baker climbers if you ever get a chance..
My first climber was an amacker surprised I am still alive
downshift, my gun was ALWAYS safe coming down after a shot, cause it was usually jammed open with the brass..
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:50 pm to Ole Geauxt
Did not realize this was a baker
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:50 pm to Ole Geauxt
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my gun was ALWAYS safe coming down after a shot, cause it was usually jammed open with the brass.
Well in that case you already shot, and somebody is already on their way for when you come crashing down out of your dinky arse horrible climber.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:52 pm to Tigerpaw123
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Did not realize this was a baker
We found one of those some tresspasser left on a tree. Relocated into a deep area in the woods, he never found it. Maybe he left it there on purpose
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