A large team of automatic firearms experts at the FN factory in Belgium also played a key role in its development. His grandson, Bruce Browning, was the driving force behind today's BAR. The Browning BAR sporting version is certainly a distinct and separate rifle from the military BAR M1918, but its design is the result of Browning's unmatched understanding and expertise with automatic rifles that started with John M. It was used primarily as a SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) for decades and proved very difficult to replace. military use began in 1918 and continued until the Vietnam war. It is considered one of the first, and certainly one of the most effective, of all the automatic centerfire 'light machineguns' ever made. Army in an effort to break the stalemate of trench warfare in the battlefields of France and Belgium. This rifle, called the BAR M1918, was commissioned by the U.S. Much of the fame of today's sporting BAR began through the fame of the original military BAR designed by John M. The Browning BAR is one of those key products which have defined the Browning mystique throughout the last century. This beautiful Browning was manufactured in 1968 Belgium mfg.

The magazines are held in hinged floorplate. magazines and Leupold 3x9 VARI-X II Scope. Walnut forearm & pistol grip stock w/ satin finish, point pattern cut checkering, swivel bases & solid black Browning rifle pad. 24' w/ hooded ramp bead front sight & folding leaf rear sight. 1968 Belgium Browning BAR 7mm Rem Mag Semi-Auto Rifle w/ Leupold Scope.

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