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Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine
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Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine
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
Is this what you're looking for?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
https://www.midwestgunworks.com/brownin ... 08$2520Win
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine
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
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.
This component is not compatible with Browning BLR Pre '81 rifles/magazines.
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine
Wow. Talk about scarce. Found this on GB. Spendy, but looks exactly right and brand new:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/787420774
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/787420774
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Re: Pre 81 Browning 308 BLR Magazine
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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