Browning BAR Problem
I have a 20 year old Browing BAR in .30-06.
Two years ago during deer season the gun locked open...the bolt does not turn to line up to enter the chamber. I had it fixed but I did not shoot it until this fall.
Labor Day weekend, after 4 shots it broke again. I took it back and they fixed it.
A month ago I shot it 4 more times and it broke again. I took it back and I told them to shoot it before they say it is fixed.
I went to pick it up last Friday and I asked them if they shot it. They said they did not need to because the part they replaced was hardened steel.
I told them I would buy the ammo if we could shoot it there. It busted on the 8th shot...the guy could not believe it!
He said the part they had been replacing is the timing latch.
The gun had been breaking shooting my reloads, but I had them pressure checked and they were fine. The gun then broke shooting factory loads.
They are going to try one more thing before shipping the rifle off to Browning.
What can be causing this part to keep breaking?
Has anybody ever heard of a BAR having problems like this?
Two years ago during deer season the gun locked open...the bolt does not turn to line up to enter the chamber. I had it fixed but I did not shoot it until this fall.
Labor Day weekend, after 4 shots it broke again. I took it back and they fixed it.
A month ago I shot it 4 more times and it broke again. I took it back and I told them to shoot it before they say it is fixed.
I went to pick it up last Friday and I asked them if they shot it. They said they did not need to because the part they replaced was hardened steel.
I told them I would buy the ammo if we could shoot it there. It busted on the 8th shot...the guy could not believe it!
He said the part they had been replacing is the timing latch.
The gun had been breaking shooting my reloads, but I had them pressure checked and they were fine. The gun then broke shooting factory loads.
They are going to try one more thing before shipping the rifle off to Browning.
What can be causing this part to keep breaking?
Has anybody ever heard of a BAR having problems like this?
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The rifle SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO BROWNING IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!I would not mention that I took it to some unknown gunsmith when you contact Browning. 0 -
When a gun is not working, how do I decide weather to send it to the factory or take it to the gunsmith? 0 -
Ideally, anytime a current production rifle breaks, or a rifle in which the manufacturer is still in business, it is best to send it to the manufacturer or an authorized repair station.
At the minimum, a call to the manufacturer would have been advisable at the first breakage to see if it was a known problem. At the worse case, the first time it broke again after they supposedly fixed it.
Sounds like they were fixing the symptom and not the cause of the problem. They see a broken part and assume that is the problem instead of: why did this part break?0
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