Owner's Manual

10
GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
The Browning BLR is a lever-action rifle that utilizes a robust
rack and pinion mechanism and multiple-lug breech bolt with
rotating head and recessed bolt face. Cartridges are fed from a
detachable box magazine. Unlike most lever-action rifles that are
fed from a tubular magazine, the BLR’s magazine allows the use of
modern, ballistically-superior pointed bullets. With the chamber and
magazine loaded and the hammer in the cocked position, the rifle will
fire a single cartridge with a pull of the trigger. Swinging the finger
lever completely downward and returning it up chambers a cartridge
from the magazine. The rifle can be fired until the chamber and
magazine are empty. The BLR incorporates additional safety features
such as a folding hammer and a trigger mechanism, which prevents
the trigger from being pulled until the finger lever is fully closed.
NOMENCLATURE
In conventional firearm terminology the position and movement of
firearm parts are described as they occur with the firearm horizontal
and in normal firing position: i.e., the muzzle is forward or in front;
the buttstock is rearward or to the rear; the trigger is downward or
underneath; the sights are upward or on top. For general parts
nomenclature refer to Figure 1.
FIGURE 1
Buttstock
Trigger
Receiver
Forearm
Barrel
Muzzle
Front Sight
Folding
Hammer
Magazine
Release Button
Bolt
Recoil Pad
Finger
Lever
Rear Sight