Quality on new Brownings?

[His lordship.]

I sold a rifle and am thinking of adding another rim fire, they are great aren't they? I have a CZ-452 and it's nice, thinking of variety and either the Browning T-bolt or the lever action .22.

Have heard problems with Browning's warranty service, but it seems to be isolated, if I go with the Browning product I will look it over well before buying.

I know from the gun mag reviews that the early T-bolts had heavy triggers, but I don't see that with the newer reviews, the last writer noted that the safety or bolt release was hard to get to with the scope mounted.

The lever action would allow me to shoot shorts, and it seems really different from my Ruger 10/22 and my CZ.

I have only owned 2 Browning made guns, a BPS shotgun that I really like, and a Buckmark pistol that I thought was too tinker toy and traded it.

What do you guys think?

Thanks.

[Bigeasy]

In my opinion, Browning has always made a high quality product.  I have a BL-22, and its a nice rifle.  Light weight, smooth action, and very well made.  It will shoot about 1 inch or less at 50 yards with ammo it likes.

Larry

[pastorp]

I'm another browning fan. I've only used their warnity service once and everything went smooth for me.

Regards,

[shotgun-2]

I had a recall issue taken care of on a used Browning rifle I bought (recall from 1989) and called for some parts for another rifle, both experiences were top notch, fast service for both.

[marine]

  I bought a browning bps 20ga about a year ago.  I was very impressed with every aspect of this gun.  Great quality from the blueing to the wood finish.  I wouldnt hesitate to buy another.  They seem to cost less than the competition too.

[His lordship.]

I have been really happy with my Browning BPs shotgun, bought it new in 1997.  At this point I am looking at their .22 lever action or I might go with the Henry Golden Boy, a lever action would be a nice change.  I checked the T-bolt and it did nothing for me, stiff action, high price tag. 

[marine]

the henry is the way i would go.  They have a large loop you can simply buy and install.  they also have reasonable prices.  I dont care for the price of the t-bolt for what you get.

[keith44]

I cannot speak for current Browning products, but I still own my first .22 rimfire.  A well used Browning BL-22.  It is pushing 35 years old, and still very accurate, light easy handling, sights are still kind and easy to see (even with eyes that are on the high side of 40.  I have never had the gun back to the factory or a gun smith for any reason.  Recieving this gun as a pre-teen who had the run of a 300 acre farm I have to admit that I abused the finish and "clock works" badly.  There is very little bluing left on the metal, and the wood bears the scars of many adventures hunting squirrels, rabbits, and more tin cans than I can count. 

The one thing I find odd about this one, it will not fire Winchester Super-X ammo.  It dents the rim, but just will not fire the round.  It's been this way since new, and it is just the Super-X.  It fires all CCI, Remington, Winchester X-pert, and wildcats, just not the super-x.

IMHO you could do no better than the BL-22 for a rimfire levergun, the short stroke of the lever is the one feature that sets the Browning apart from the others.

Keith