Which one?

[fknipfer]

Go to the Gun Store to look at a Marlin .308 MX 22" Barrel.   He has setting side by side.  A new Marlin MX .308 and a Browning BLR .308 Win.  Now the Marlin is brand new and he wants $475 for it and the BLR is a 1990 Short action steel receiver.  Now we know how the Marlin looks and will perform.  But the BLR  looks like it has never been out of the box it is NRA Excellent or almost Perfect, I couldn't find any glitches in it.  The BLR is a 20" barrel but is still a .308 Winchester so it is always going to outperform the MX.
The dealer wants $525 for it.  Boy is my mouth salivating.  Here is my dilemma I can get away with one but not two, which one do I pick?  I always want a 308 Winchester but the prices were always so high so I resigned to get a Marlin but for $50 more I can get a beautiful Browning.  I already have several Marlins so I am not without.  I have a 45-70, 38-55, and a .375 Marlin.  What do I do is the BLR worth the extra $50, he is holding it for me until I make up my mind by this weekend. 

Pondering in Kansas,


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[ihuntbucks]

From reading your post;I believe you have already made your choice.......BLR.........Rick

[jimster]

sounds to me like you made up your mind too....
BLR with the steel receiver....mighty hard to find those around these days.  All I usually see are the lightweight BLR's with the alloy receivers.
Marlin's are great though too....but you can always save up your pennies and get one later, you might never find another BLR .308 with a steel receiver in that good of shape.
My brother has the BLR in .308 with a steel receiver...I have always been impressed with that rifle's accuracy too...wish it were mine.

Hope this helps....LOL!!!!!!!

 

[fknipfer]

Well you guys were right, I am now the proud owner of a 1990 Browning .308 BLR.  I don't think I can go wrong with it.  The Marlin MX can never meet the performance of the .308 Winchester.  I am afraid the Marliln could be another .307 or .356 and never would you be able to find anything for it.

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[Cabin4]

go with the blr

[Rangr44]

Now for the real question: R U gonna peep or scope it ?