So I've owned a couple Browning BAR Mk3s in 243 over the last couple years and just picked up a Benelli R1 in 308. These guns are similar in function and price so I thought I'd compare the two.

The browning BAR Mk3 is an ok rifle but I'm very disappointed in it's design and performance for a $2K gun. Dont get me wrong, it is comfortable to shoot, looks nice, comes in a good selection of calibers, and has a buttery smooth feeding system and comes with an adjustable gas block. But it is inaccurate, you can get anywhere from 1.5moa to a 4moa rifle. The barrel is bolted to the receiver, not threaded in so after 2-3 shots the gun heats up and the groupings go wild. The nut on the fore end that the sling attaches to has to be torqued 50-60inlbs or the groups open up. It's also made out of soft steel and prone to snapping. The barrel is not free floating so resting it anywhere except close to the magwell throws it off. Oh and you need allen keys, a socket wrench, and a punch set just to field strip it...

The benelli R1 is basically the browning MK3 but none of the flaws. It has a toolless takedown, faster twist rate, and a free floating barrel that is threaded in. For accuracy it's not exactly 1:1 since the benelli is a 308 but the benelli was way more accurate around 1.25-1.5moa and the groups stay consistent as you shoot. I notice the trigger has a slightly lighter break as well. The gun is also more modular, you can; use benelli M4 stocks with some slight modifications, change out the barrel and bolt for different calibers, and is tapped in 5 places on the receiver and 4 places on the barrel to add iron sights. I also like the ergonomics slightly more too. The grip isnt as fat and you can reach the mag release, bolt release, and safety with your index finger.

It just seems like a lot more thought went into the Benelli R1 in design and would definitely be my pick over browning.

Rem mcs conversion magazine 14 and 18 inch standard bbl

Well it,s finally finished and perfect.

want to use a standard Remington 870 bbl on a remington 870 MCS?

Either original or one made buy us?

We are now able to offer magazine extension with threadded nut that will allow you to use a 14 inch or 18-inchPlus factory bbl.

These are machined out of 4140 HTSR steel and use a steel threaded retention nut.

The shoulder was brought forward to meet with the bbl lug.

These units have had the final T&E and will be going for cerakoting tomorrow.

Shout out to Tommy enterprises for building me the new handguard. Makes it look way better then out of the box. I've had a few hundred through this rifle and haven't had any issues yet.. (knock on wood).. I like the look way more now from the handguard and stock replacement. Super fun to shoot and overall happy with the Turkish buy.

Honestly, love the rifle. Put about 100rd through it so far. Writing this actually as im still out, only one minor feed issue on a full mag where it tried to double feed sort of. Rifle shoots very nicely though. No serious accuracy test yet as I was only shooting at about 60yd.

Love the top charging as I've never gotten to own a top charging rifle before.

Action was a bit stiff at first but loosening up quickly. Mags aren't great, but I assume if someone wanted to make the swap to STANAG if would be quite simple by the look of it, although Crusader doesn't recommend it per their words, and it may void warranty so I won't be, just saying it would be easy to modify to fit LARs if you were a bit iinclined.

Love the rifle and Crusader has answered every email I've sent them with question in under 24hr.

Rifle does look a little bit purple in the light, but the photo definitely makes it look worse than it is in person.

Hopefully it stays reliable! I bought it to play around with until the Mk15 shows up, and i don't regret it at all!

Wondering which one to go with I like the look of the longer hand guard just wondering on the weight they are both listed same at 6lb also might wanna set up a light on the hand guard thinking the 16” version wouldn’t be enough room to mount light and pressure pad

Beretta 92S 9mm police surplus. the Beretta shoots differently than any other handgun I've used. I wasn't expecting such a solid grouping for first time use. 12 yards. with some practice, I think I can get quite good with this one.

It has a plastic primer and orange thicker insert

Do you ever really put your gear through it's paces?Obviously its a great time going out on the range, ripping through mortgage payments worth of ammo in the sun and short sleeves.

Im talking about going out shooting when its so damn cold out the air stings the moment it hits skin and the idea of loading a magazine is the worst thing you could possibly imagine. Going out when its raining, windy, just overall miserable. Getting your gear dirty.

One of the most reliable pistols i own, north of 5000 rounds on it and i can't remember a time where i had a genuine failure that wasn't mag spring related or some kind of user error teaching new shooters. I had it out this winter, one of the coldest days all winter, way colder than ever shot in before, and it wouldn't fire 3 rounds without a stoppage. I've only ever used the same products to clean and oil my guns for years now and everything else ran as expected. Just racking the slide you could tell it felt way more stiff and sluggish than it should've. Once i got home, going to take it apart and see whats up, it ran just as smooth as butter.

So i guess don't always assume your most reliable gear is always going to be the most reliable in every condition.

I honestly can't wait to try and replicate that this winter to figure out why it suddenly became a liability in the cold. It felt like its oil was getting tacky in the cold, but none of my other guns were getting that, using the same exact bottle of oil in the same conditions.

I'm sure there's lots of stories like that out there of our gear surprising us in the worst ways lol

So much so that CZ rimfire mags have started to dry up fast. I've dubbed my rifle "The Punji Stick", a ode to communist industry's fit and finishing standards.

So what can you expect if you've bought one? After wiping down the storage grease I gave my rifle a deep clean including the bore. During an initial function check I found the safety took a ungodly amount of force to operate, the action very rough, and a heavy gritty trigger. Naturally I decided to make a project out of this before even sending a round down range. I whipped up some lapping compound for the action to smooth up the action.(600grit silicon carbide grit and white lithium grease) I took a Arkansas stone to the sear and bottom flat of the firing pin. While the action was out of the stock I also noticed the lug for the front action screw was loose in the dovetail on the bottom of the barrel. After correct that, cleaning away all of the lapping compound, I adjusted the now honed trigger as light as it could go while still remaining drop safe. At the range I tested a dozen varieties of 22lr all over the spectrum, and surprisingly found my bore like CCI Velocitor and Stingers the most. All my groups were fired at 50m off sand bags, other that 2 brands of ammo, the rifle consistently fired 1.5" or smaller groups. Back to the magazines, the factory one is finacy, so I ordered two 15 round NDr Shooting Supply mags to play around with. Thanks for reading everyone, have a Happy Easter.

Gunpost of the day....lets put stickers on a DT-11 stock....I mean to each their own I suppose but Christ on a Bike that's a choice to make.

The ad description really got me "Beautiful DT11/32in almost like new," yeah almost....

I wanted to do a little comparison with the Henry Mares Leg .22LR and the “traditional” Henry Lever action! Here are my results at 25 yards. (I did adjust my sights afterwards)

Have you guys had similar results with your mares leg?

Heritage rough rider .22 comically large stock and barrel sold separately.

Just finished my first accuracy test with a new Adler RF224 (12" barrel) and I'm curious whether these results are typical for other RF224 owners.

Setup

• Adler RF224
• UTG BugBuster 3-9x32
• RWS Rifle Match
• 50 yards
• ~35 km/h wind

Results (4 groups)

• Average: 3.96 MOA (2.08")
• Best: 3.09 MOA (1.62")
• Worst: 4.60 MOA (2.41")

For comparison, my Ruger 10/22 will usually shoot around 2 MOA or a bit better at 50 yards with decent ammo. I expected the RF224 to be somewhat less accurate because of the shorter 12" barrel, but I wasn't expecting groups to be nearly twice as large.

What really stood out to me was the trigger. It has a very long pre-travel and feels extremely heavy. It was difficult to get a clean break without disturbing the sight picture, so I'm wondering if the trigger is the biggest factor here rather than the barrel itself.

A few questions for RF224 owners:

• What kind of groups are you getting at 50 yards?
• Have you upgraded the trigger?
• Can the RF224 use Ruger 10/22 trigger string? I know the extractor and fire pin are compatible.
• If you upgraded the trigger, did it noticeably improve your practical accuracy?

My plan is to upgrade the trigger and repeat the test with the same ammo to see how much difference it makes.

Thanks for any feedback.

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I’ll start off saying I’ve read tons of reviews and it’s about a 70/30 split of bad luck to good luck with them. My own experience was a bad one at the start, lots of failures to feed and failures to eject are suuuuuuper common with this gun out of the box. I’ve put over 1300 rounds through mine now and I’ve run into lots of issues for sure but overall it could be worse.

Fixes I’ve done. first step is to disassemble the internals and grab some scotch brite pads, I’ve found there is a lot of paint on the bolt especially on parts that rub and slide together so using scotch brite down to clean bare metal and oiling makes it slide much smother. Ammo is a big factor and I’ve tested lots and it’s honestly all realistically the same, but best results come from 38-40 grain. When firing I’ve also found pulling it in tight and keeping a good grip helps the recoil and the bolt cycling, being a 22 if you hold it too loose it won’t have enough power to fully cycle the bolt and pull the old shell out and eject it causing a jam. Then the newest and best option i found to prevent the failure to eject and chambering issues is to buy a compensator or some type of muzzle device. The changing in the gas flow and slowing it down a bit helps get more gas to cycle the bolt back fully and eject the rounds.

Anyway this is my first ever post and im not quite sure how to do this but i hope its helpful to some. Biggest take away is that its a 500$ gun but its a lot of fun and a great option. Doing this it has gone from 30 issues in the first 100 shots to 2 issues in the last 100. And those purely from rapid fire testing.

Heres my gorgeous Russian sks 1957 letter series. Wish I bought it in 2003 like the last owner. Simple mod but great upgrade for ergo. Nothing permanent. Olight c on a bad ace low mount. Cryptid work extended charging handle and speed loader. Next is the Makasi mk15

Hi I have 2 guns in my wish list MRA renegade5.56 and a 357 lever I just cant decide on a barrel length!
Im leaning towards renegade 12" and lever 16" Whats your opinion ? I dont hunt, just target, fun shooting. I know longer is better but I just dont wanna carry a really long rifle. Thx

Bought this gun with the 28" field barrel for only $700. Why buy a $1000 turknelli when you can get one from a reputable company for less.

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18.5" cylinder bore $400

Enlarged bolt handle and bolt release $55

Holosun 407c $350

RMR baseplate $40

+2 mag extension $80

Fenix quick release flaslight clamp: $80

Fenix PD35R $150

Fenix remote switch $20

Match saver: $12

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The gun with the 28" field barrel will feed anything from low brass 7/8oz target loads all the way to 1½oz turkey loads flawlessly. It also patterns turkey loads to 75 yards.

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With the 18.5" barrel it has some hangups on target loads below 1oz but that's about it. It's 4moa at 100 yards with Remington 3" 1oz rifled slugs.

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This was my first handgun. my absolute love. also micro conversion kits are entirely underrated

What is everyone's thoughts on this new YouTube channel

I’m new to shotguns so forgive my ignorance. Why is there a wooden stick inside the loading tube to restrict the amount of shells you can load? As I understand it, at its full capacity, it’s legal. Do the overwhelming amount of people buying them want the capacity limited to 2+1?

I bought a tm22 currently cleaning the factory lube out and I’m thinking if I should remove the left side extractor cause I heard it increases reliability but some tm22 a run perfectly fine if u just leave it in.

Just picked up a Benelli R1 in 308 as I was not happy with the accuracy with my Browning BAR MK3. Super happy with it. Comfortable accurate shooter. Getting about 1.25moa with Hornady American whitetail 150gr. I notice it does not like heavier bullets because of the slower 1:11 twist. So maybe I'll find bullets the gun likes even more with more testing. Trigger has mush on the first stage but a light clean break at the wall. Put about 60 rounds without any feeding issues yet.

Using an Arken EP 1-8X LVPO on it.

I just learned this: every Wednesday 0001 hrs to 2359 hrs Eastern Time, Cabelas puts on a flash sale for 24 hours.

• Sometimes there are really good one-day deals on ammo, optics, firearms, gun furniture, targets, and gun cases.
• The Cabelas associate I spoke with said that he once sold $8000 in optics to one buyer on a Wednesday.
• A particular Leupold scope went for nearly a thousand dollars off, so dude stockpiled them. I'm guessing he resold them at $500 discount each.

Watch the basspro website tonight for Wild Wednesday details

https://www.basspro.ca/l/wild-wednesday#f-category=Guns,Optics%20%26%20Scopes