BAR Action rods?????

[Darrell Davis]

Morning,

Back a number of months, a young friend ask me if I would repair the forend on his BAR.

I said OK, and when I opened it up, one of the two actions rods was not attached.

Upon looking things over, it was clear the damage to the forend wood was caused by the action rod slamming into the wood and thereby causing the crack which appeared on the out side of the forend.

When I got the repaired forend/gun back to him, I packaged the action rod seperately and informed the young fellow he needed to see a gunsmith or the damage would likely happen again.

Having NO experience with the BAR I made no attempt to set things right as far as the action rod was concerned.

IS this a regular thing to happen with the BAR?

Thanks,

Keep em coming!

CDOC

[1sourdough]

 I've only done a complete breakdown of a BAR one time, about 6 months ago. Those rods do kinda hang in there loosely it seems, could it of fell out of position as you took it apart? It seems odd that one could be broken. I guess if there was visible damage from it, that may well be the case. Could the owner buy a new one?  midwestgunworks.com  seems to have a lot of info on BARs if you need further info.

[Darrell Davis]

Morn'in 1sourdough,

Nope, the rod/bar itself didn't break, but rather it came loose and when the action cycled, it drove the end of the loose rod into the wood forend, which in turn cracked the wood.

Having never been into a BAR, I didn't desire to go any deeper without a parts break down, which the gun's owner never got to me.

The little bliter hasn't even said thanks or boooooo for what I did for him.  The rifle came to me and went back through a fellow who lives in my little town, so I havn't talked to Matt since he ask me to do the repair.

Guess I shouldn't expect any more, took the kid hunting - ONE TIME - when he was much younger and once was enough.

Anyway it would have been nice to be thanked for the hours involved in repair and recutting the checkering.

Oh well, kids is kids, cept this one is old - mid 30s - enough to have learned some manners!

Keep em coming!

CDOC