Browning’s other BAR: Baron of the hunting rifles
One of John Moses Browning’s best long arms was the BAR light machine gun. This name sometimes confuses the current generations of shooters who grew up with a very different BAR, a sporting rifle more suited for whitetails than fighting the Kaiser—though these two guns do share some of the same genetics.
In the 1960s the Browning Arms Company/FN were looking to expand into the sporting market. It was then that the company started selling boots, knives, and other Browning marked hunting equipment. To compete against Remington’s 740/742 semi-auto rifle, the company needed its own auto loader pronto.
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