Just shoulder the BLR Lightweight '81, Long Action rifle and you can feel the difference. The original '81-style straight stock has returned. It makes even a long-action quicker handling and gives this advanced lever action a distinctive, traditional look that a lever-action rifle should have. The aluminum receiver and rotating bolt combine to make the BLR lightweight, yet magnum tough.
-Caliber: 270 Winchester
-Barrel Length: 22"
-Total Capacity: 5-includes one round in the chamber.
-Avg. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz.
-Overall Length: 42 7/8"
-Sight Radius: 19 3/4"
-Drop at Comb: 1"
-Drop at Heel: 1 5/8"
-Length of Pull: 14 1/4"
-Rate of Twist: 1 in 10"
Features:
Hammer: Fold-down style with two positions at half cock.
Action: Lever action with rotating head, multiple lug breech bolts with recessed bolt face. Comes with a side ejection.
The rack and pinion system of the BLR is the most modern lever action design available. It is exceptionally smooth and provides magnum strength.
Receiver: Machined aircraft-grade aluminum. It is drilled and tapped to accept scope mounts.
Sights: Low profile, square notch, screw adjustable rear sight. Gold bead on raised ramp front sight.
Barrel: Individually machined from hammer forged, heat-treated chromemoly steel, also has a crowned muzzle.
Trigger: Wide groove design trigger with short, smooth pull of approximately 4 1/2 lbs. The trigger travels with the lever.
Stock and Forearm: Comes with a high-gloss and checkered select walnut, straight '81-style stock and classic round forearm.
Magazine: Features a detachable flush-mounted magazine.
Safety Lock: All Browning firearms are shipped with a free trigger lock, padlock, or a chamber lock, depending on the model-to assist you in the safe storage of your firearm.
Recoil Pad: The deluxe recoil pad is standard.
Scope Base: Use #123-53 for the BLR Lightweight '81.
The information below comes from our Gun Caliber Dictionary and is for
general reference only. It does not describe the specifications of this
particular item.
The 270 Winchester was introduced in 1925 in the Winchester Model 54 bolt-action, forerunner to the Model 70. Based on the 30-06 case necked down, it was the first production cartridge to use a .277-inch bullet. Why this bullet diameter was chosen is not clear. The intent, however, was to create a cartridge that shot flatter than the 30-06 and produced less recoil. This effort was so successful that the 270 Winchester remains the world's most popular 270 cartridge...and since 1925 only three other commercial cartridges have used this bullet diameter. With a 130-grain bullet at 3060 feet per second and a 150-grain bullet at 2950 the 270 is powerful and flat shooting. It is adequate for game up to elk, ideal for virtually all American deer hunting, and, as it's long-time champion, gunwriter Jack O'Connor, so often wrote, it is a marvelous choice for mountain hunting. It is a standard chambering for almost all rifle makers, and choices in factory loads run into the many dozens.
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Craig Boddington
