FNAR in 300 Mag ?????

[Packina45]

I'm told the FNAR .308 uses a Browning "like" action and is VERY accurate. Lots of kudos said about it, except for lack of magazines. Thinking about getting one BUT... has anyone heard rumor or know of a long Browning action being put to use in a magnum FNAR version??

 

[Deer Hunter]

Lack of magazines? Doesn't it use FAL mags?

 

[hunter25]

no this one does not. thought of getting one but extra mags are running around 100 bucks and it only comes with one

 

[Packina45]

got an answer from the factory that they are producing and shipping 5-7 mags per rifle and shipping them out there. the mags are being shipped but being purchased as soon as the truck pulls up, i guess. they are supposed to be in the 50-60 dollar range but black marketers are taking advantage. a shame

 

[Bill_Rights]

To the OP's actual question, no, there are no long-action FNARs out there that I've heard of, even though the supposed ancestor Browning civilian/hunter action did (still does, I think) come in both short and long action. The presently-available (I saw it in 2008 on Browning's web site) Browning BAR Mark II comes in both. Here it is in the "Safari" version, the high-end dress.

Nice checkering, eh? Somewhere I saw that

Safari standard calibers include the .22-250 Remington, .243 Winchester, .25-06 Remington, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester, and .30-06 Springfield. Magnum calibers include the .270 WSM, 7mm WSM, 7mm Remington Magnum, .300 WSM, .300 Winchester Magnum, and .338 Winchester Magnum. Average weight for standard caliber Safari rifles is 7 pounds 6 ounces. Safari magnum rifles weigh 8 pounds 6 ounces (8 pounds 4 ounces for WSM calibers). Overall length is 43 inches for standard calibers, 44 inches for WSM calibers, and 45 inches for belted magnum calibers.

Note the BOSS (Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System) adjustable weight at the muzzle, maybe hype, but supposed to adjustably dampen barrel vibrations, for accuracy. Apparently the heavier barrel of the FNAR does not need this.

I really doubt FN will offer the FNAR in all these calibers. The FNAR is a LEO stand-off sharp-shooter/DMR, so the the institutional philosophy would be inter-operability by different operators (same gun/different operators, same operator/different guns). Multiple chamberings would violate this philosophy.

But I am open. Give us some reasons why the FNAR should be available in other chamberings? Or even one other chambering? (Which one?)

 

[TehK1w1]

Asked a very similar question when the FNAR first came out, and I was told they only made it in 308. Too bad, a 338 win mag with hi-cap detachable mags would be quite a gun.

 

[Bill_Rights]

Kiwi,

Hell, I don't know. I am just a (happy) consumer and am reading between the lines what FN's institutional philosophy might be. Maybe FN will come out with other chamberings....