I even found brilliant the forward position of the red dot, criticized by some, since it allowed for a really low mounting with respect to the axis of the barrel. I looked for defects, and honestly I couldn't find any. However, I spent six hours holding this beautiful object in my hands. Unfortunately, we couldn't shoot any boar – I know, it was more elegant to say that I had shot a boar and above all that I had killed it “on the spot”. The most accurate ones, however, turned out to be the Winchester Extreme Point, that at 50 m produced a 1.13x1.53 in (28.8x38.8 mm) group, a very good result if you consider that 50 m is already a good engagement distance for a semi-automatic rifle, especially if you think that we used the red point for aiming, without magnification or a reticle.Īs far as hunting is concerned, we took the BAR Mk3 Reflex HC with us on a wild boar hunt. The best accuracy was provided by the 180-grain I prefer these cartridges both for their effectiveness and for the fact that, having the bullet with the lead core bonded with the bullet jacket, it hardly spoils the meat, retaining almost the entire initial weight after mushrooming and avoiding fragmentation into many (too many) small lead pieces that would ruin the game meat.Ĭartridges used in the test. Personally, to stay with Browning-Winchester products, I have been using Power Max Bonded cartridges with a 180-grain bullet for years. Ask boar hunters what caliber they use, and you will find that 60% and more use the. And in any case, unlike many calibers that enjoy an ephemeral luck (at present it is the turn of the 9.3圆4), the 30-06 is a guarantee, an 'evergreen' that knows no setbacks. Additionally, the effectiveness of this cartridge – which with the right loads has excellent stopping power. 30-06 caliber, a cartridge that has many advantages for several reasons: first of all, availability – even in smaller gun shops there are always a couple of loads available at least. In order to test the qualities of the BAR Mk3 Reflex HC we went both to the range and hunting wild boar. I repeat, it's absolutely instinctive – a praise to Browning technicians who have been able to find this solution that really allows for easy shooting, going against the trend that sees most red dots mounted on the receiver instead of on the barrel. The red dot Kite K1 is excellent: lightweight but at the same time rugged (it is also provided with an effective additional rubber armor), easily adjustable in brightness and above all mounted so that the classic instinctive shooting position we use with iron sights can be adopted even with this rifle. When hunting with expanded senses and tense nerves because a wild boar is coming towards you, operating the HC is instinctive and very quick. The HC system button can be operated with a certain amount of force, but this is a good thing, as it excludes the possibility that it can be activated accidentally. I had no problem getting familiar with the Browning BAR Mk3 Reflex HC, which as for controls and general layout is basically the same as the previous versions. More refined and more easily adjustable sights were introduced tooīest group at 50 meters with 180-grain Winchester Extreme Point cartridges. Composite materials were introduced for the stock, left-handed versions appeared. Since 2000 the BAR lineup saw several new versions, with differences mostly on the aesthetic side as no mechanical improvements were needed. Nel 2004 Browning continua ad ampliare la gamma BAR con l’introduzione della Long Track e della Short Track, secondo la lunghezza della carcassa. The magazine release system was also improved and the magazine itself was modified. In particular, a simplified gas piston system was adopted and the lightweight version with aircraft grade aluminum alloy receiver appeared. The BAR internals were completely revised to offer greater reliability – even if there wasn't any actual need for that, since my 1982 BAR never jammed. Joseph Rousseau, a very prolific Belgian engineer working at FN, understood this very well and in 1993 the BAR Mk II was born. However, times changed and the BAR needed some improvements.

The Browning Bar Mk3 Reflex HC comes standard with a Kite Optics red dot – mounted in a very low position with respect to the barrel axis – and the HC safety system.

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