Browning bar difficult to zero it
Hello
I have a brand new browning bar lghtweight in 308w , 20 inch barrel, with open sight. I tryed it on a gun club at 50 yds, the first shoots was in the right side of the target, to get the bullet in the center of the target I had to move the front side to the right and almost to the left the rear sight. sombody told me that it is quite normal with the bar, but why this ? depend on the muzzle of the barrel or the non well allined front and rear sight ?
tks BR ric
I have a brand new browning bar lghtweight in 308w , 20 inch barrel, with open sight. I tryed it on a gun club at 50 yds, the first shoots was in the right side of the target, to get the bullet in the center of the target I had to move the front side to the right and almost to the left the rear sight. sombody told me that it is quite normal with the bar, but why this ? depend on the muzzle of the barrel or the non well allined front and rear sight ?
tks BR ric
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Sound like you might want to check the "nut behind the stock". 0 -
hi cartod, sorry but wat is the "nut behind the stock" ? 0 -
Ric, if it is brand new, and it shoots that far off, send it back to Browning! I had one in .300 WinMag that hit a different spot on the target everytime you shot it. It turned out to be the forend putting unequal pressure on the barrel. Sent it back to Browning and they replaced the forend at no charge. 
"Aim small, Miss small"0 -
RIC, let someone else try a few shots and see if they have better
results. When someone tells you to "check the nut behind the stock"
they are referring to the shooter (you). You might try sandbags or
any steady shooting surface to minimize shooter error. Boresighting the gun could help as well. I hope this helps.0 -
I'm not sure if you mean "the first shots" or "the first group of shots"; it should be a 3 to 5 shot group done with very clean bore and with the front and rear sights centered and shot off sand bags. If it consistently misbehaves to the degree you've described, it should be returned to Browning. Normally slight tweaking is all that is required. 0 -
hi all and tks for the replyes, I'have shoot it with sand bags in bench position , ammo federal hight shock 150 grains,, the first 10 shoot made a very nice group but about 9 inch right from the center of the target, so i had to mouve about 1 mm the front sight to the right and to the left side the rear sight, the rifle now it is perfect zeroed and I still have few click on the rear sight, at this point i don't know if it is worth to send it back to browning , even if it is not nice to see the rear sight placed almost to the right. What do you suggest ?
tks BR ric0 -
You do realize that you move your rear sight in the direction that you wish your group to move...and your front sight in the opposite direction. At 50 yards, you should just have to move your rear sight to zero the rifle, if you are moving front and rear correctly and still not being able to zero, then you have a problem. Shoot a few targets and send them along with the rifle to Browning for examination.
Cartod....[:D] that made me laugh this morning, thanks!
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hi all, thanks for the prompt reply,
I tryed again the rifle in the weekend, very bad, with deffert ammunition the problem it is even worst, the rear sight it is all to the right side , no more space to mouve it, and the front side it is almost in the right side, this to catch in stand position the center of the target. maybe for hunting it is ok , but it is so ugly to see this. I don't care if it is the barrel bended or the muzzle of the barrel damadge, i will give the rifle back to the gunstore and take a Benelli Argo in 308, and i will never buy a browning product again.
I'm a gun collectors i own a lot of military and old rifles, even the worst condition first world war rifle do not have the same problem, expecially at 50 yds distance.
BR riccardo0 -
Ric, send it back to Browning. They will go out of their way to make you happy with it.
"Aim small, Miss small"0 -
Take off the recoil pad and make sure the stock bolt is tight then make sure your forarm nut/sling swivel stud is snug Then last of all make sure ALL your sight parts are tight and correct.If it still shoots poorly send it back to browning.......Because BAR rifles in my experience are VERY accurate out of the box Both mine and my brothers bars average 1- 1 1/4 inch groups at 100 yards with federal premium ammo and just a bit larger with the cheap stuff. 0
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