I have to choose between Savage Model 10 Predator Hunter Brush and a Browning BLR lightweight. Both are .223rem,Both are new, Which one would be more accurate? My question is accuracy,, not worried about weight, price or looks
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Thanks G
In most cases this is correct but I would not bet my hard earned cash aginst the BLR.Bolt action trumps leveraction in accuracy dept all day anyday.
Accurate is accurate whether it be Bench rest or off hand. The bolt action that can hold an inch or better fromt he bench leave more capability to the shooter firing offhand. I dont see your argument aside from just touting the merits of the BLR.. which again, I agree is the best of the leverguns, but again, will never be as good as a bolt action of comparable price.JLA:
My concern was you lumped all lever guns together and did not point out that that the BLR was completely different. I even gave you "Although the poster was only interested in pure accuracy (and your answer has the potential of being correct)....".
What is accurate to some is not for others. Without knowing the real interest of the poster we must assume his uses. You assumed bench rest accuracy (a reasonable assumption since he asked for the "Most accurate") and I assumed hunting or non-competitive target shooting (I guessed that was what he might really need ???). I wonder which the poster is after?
A MOA gun (which my BLR is) is adequate for most non-competitive shooting sports but would fail miserable in a competition shooting contest. But I sure would not like to carry around a bench rest gun on a hunt. I also wonder if a better shooter than me could get even better results than MOA out of a BLR? In addition I think a lot of people like the bragging rights of a sub-MOA gun when that is not really their need. In this case anyone asking to compare accuracy between any lever action and any bolt gun, I think is looking for MOA accuracy, not sub-MOA accuracy but of course I am only guessing.
I'll also give you that any two piece stocked gun like any lever is at a disadvantage for accuracy compared to good bolt gun with a single piece floated barrel stock. But the BLR is a sleeper since it is really a bolt gun that is lever operated with no receiver stretch as seen in other lever guns. That was my whole point.
LDBennett
Id bet my hard earned cash against it... Give me a BLR in .223 and a savage 10 in .223 (and the savage 10 is cheaper i might add) and Ill shoot a full box of 20 rounds thru each rifle at 200 yds at the center bull of each rifles own target. Same ammo, scope, rest and shooter for each gun. And ill even alternate rifles each shot. Ill bet you my hard earned cash the savage will have the tighter group.In most cases this is correct but I would not bet my hard earned cash aginst the BLR.
BTW I have a BLR in 223 and think I could suprise you with it's accuracy
If you get the BLR and want a extra mag I believe I have a couple
OK, Here's one right here, I was going to just stay out of this because most people believe only a bolt action gun can have the kind of accuracy you are talking about.....because that's what they have been told, just like many select thier first deer rifle chambered in 30.06, why? because they don't know any better and they think 30.06 sounds cool, I'll admit that the '06 and the 30-30 have probably put down more deer than several other calibre's combined, simply because so many people won those calibre's, there's nothing wrong with them, I just prefer not to lob my projectiles in an arching fashionLD, the BLR is a fine levergun, but it is still a split stock, Bedding inconsistencies fore and aft, and will never shoot as well as a Bolt action of similar quality. Yes a BLR might outshoot a Marlin XL7 with its cheap chinese plastic stock, but the BLR is a 800 dollar leveraction, lay it on the bench next to a 800 dollar Rem 700 XCR and the BLR will lose each and every time. The design of the rifle prohibits the bedding consistency required to shoot SUB MOA.
You show me a Leveraction that can string 10 shots into an inch at 100 yds. Just 1.. I can show you countless bolt actions that can string 20 into an inch at 100 yds. I own 3, and if I were to scope my Garand, 03A3, and M39 id own 6.
Now, Now,, In post #4 it was Leveraction that can string 10 shots into an inch at 100 yds.Still no pics of a 20 rd string at 200 to prove the 3/4 moa claim...