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Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by JEBar » Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:34 am

I'm in the market for a Browning 308 BLR 4 round Pre 81 Magazine .... it is needed for a Belgium made 1970 BLR ... my understanding is they aren't easy to find .... so long as it works, an aftermarket magazine made by another company would be fine
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by CT_Shooter » Sun Dec 23, 2018 8:34 am

JEBar wrote:I'm in the market for a Browning 308 BLR 4 round Pre 81 Magazine .... it is needed for a Belgium made 1970 BLR ... my understanding is they aren't easy to find .... so long as it works, an aftermarket magazine made by another company would be fine
Is this what you're looking for?
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https://www.midwestgunworks.com/brownin ... 08$2520Win
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by JEBar » Sun Dec 23, 2018 8:55 am

your effort is appreciated but as can be seen at this link ===> https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/b3475594 , that is to a page in the link you provided .... the magazine they (and everyone else) offer is for BLR's built in Japan in 1981 or later .... ours was made in 1970 in Belgium
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by ESquared » Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:09 am

Yep, if you click the link within the link and scroll down to the description copy, you encounter this (in big, bolded, red letters):

This component is not compatible with Browning BLR Pre '81 rifles/magazines.
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by ESquared » Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:12 am

Wow. Talk about scarce. Found this on GB. Spendy, but looks exactly right and brand new:

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/787420774
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by JEBar » Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:36 am

expensive, yep .... I've never signed up for gun broker or I'd put in a bid .... to be sure, a much lower one than the asking price .... I've been told that, at times, they can be bought at gun shows .... here again, I haven't been to a gun show a couple of decades so I don't know that for sure
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by ESquared » Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:46 am

Here's another one from GB. Gives you an idea of where the "market" is, at least on the Web. It started out with an opening bid of $55 (set by the seller), and since then, it's had 29 bids and is now up to $305.
Such is good ol' Economics 101 Law of Supply and Demand.
Seems like gun shows would be a needle in a haystack exercise, but I've only been to a couple and it's been years for me, too. My most vivid memory is that there were more booths/tables selling stuff other than guns than there were selling guns. It was odd.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/793252184
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:44 am

If you see one on GB you want Jim or want to bid on I have an account there and would get it for you and ship it to you if you dont want to mess with it. Al
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by JEBar » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:50 am

much appreciated .... based on your experience, in what ball park would you estimate that the one in ESquared link actually sell for
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine

Post by JEBar » Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:55 am

just went back to first link where I saw the starting bid is $289.95 .... guess that's representative of what one would sell for .... if I had no other choice and it wasn't so close to Christmas, I'd seriously consider it but right now it wouldn't pass muster in the war department ... :shock:
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