#SundayGunday: Browning BLR Lightweight '81

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posted on September 10, 2017
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Many hunters may already be familiar with the Browning BLR, but let’s take a close look at one of the current versions of this popular lever-action, the BLR Lightweight ’81. At first glance the Lightweight ’81 looks like a throwback to the BLR rifles of the 1970s and ’80s. But there are several major differences in this modern iteration of a classic. Learn more about them with the video embedded above, hosted by Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller.

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