pwally

Well, I changed from 165 grain to 180 but got a worse pattern @ 100 yds. About 3-4". Semi or bolt, this darn thing should pattern better than that, period. Maybe Browning should have considered a BOSS for this gun but you can't tell them that. I have an old Remington 7400 in 30.06 and it holds about 1/2" pattern; I kid you not. 180 & 220 grain. I hope anyone prospecting for a Browning BAR .308 Shorttrac is able to read this thread and make a decision not to pursue any further. Its a let down big time. Had I read this prior to my purchase in June 2013, I would have never bought it. Chasing a Abolt .308 to replace it or sub it out shall I say. The Abolts are few and far between in that caliber. Good luck Apexer

Finally! Someone else experiencing the same problem I have been fighting for a year. BAR .308 semi auto has serious grouping / pattern issues. I, like apexerER, finally received this beautiful gun with high hopes only to be let down because of its lack of accuracy. I have not returned it to Browning as you did but sounds like they cannot correct the problem 100% either. Starting out, 165 grain fusion. 1st 3,maybe 4 shoot in 2-3 inch pattern; not good. depending on, 4th or 5th is bad flyer. I mean off the target bad. Tried various manufacturers, various grains of ammo only to get the same results...all over the place. I have decided that it likes Fusion just not 100% on the best grain it wants to be fed. I am now using 165's but will experiment more with 180's. To take it a few steps further,I removed the forearm to find that the barrel was not free floated, which I corrected / free floated. Back to the range, some better, that 4th is always going to fly! Determined, I found the scope rings to be loosening some so I went to a 1 piece DNZ mount. Still not grouping like I expect; very inconsistent but we're gaining ground. Reluctantly, I went another step and sent back a Zeiss Conquest 3x9x50 ( got to love that lifetime from Zeiss) that I was using on the BAR just to eliminate the scope or rings being the problem. To this day, I still have the gun but have very low confidence in its consistency. Right now the groupings @ 100, using Fusion 165 grain are less than an inch for the majority, BUT, you never really know when that flyer is going to come into play. I guess I can call it satisfactory at this time but I do expect better for 1000 dollars and from a manufacture such as Browning. I continue to mess around with it but it was immediately put on the bench for a Browning A-bolt SS 30.06 which is definitely a tack driver! Glad I found your post and glad I was able to share and let you know you are not the only one out there fighting the bar 308. Regards