3 fellers shot up a herd of elk las' season. Sounded like a war. Came up on ' em later an' they was all totin' BARs. Soured me on them things. Don' t unnerstand the need for all thet speed.

That capability is there if the shooters have no common sense

great rifle, my grandpa has it in 30-06 and its never failed him

I purchased a used BAR back around 1990. I did check serial number on their website and determined it to be a belgium made gun and I don' t recall the year. Anyway, it was a 30.06 Auto and I had good success with it the first few years but then it started jamming on me with the shell casing getting stuck as it would eject out the side. I took it to the gunsmith and they cleaned out the carbon that had built up in the cylinder. Then I shot quite a few boxes out of it and it worked fine. Then came a 2nd trip to Colorado and it jammed again which caused me to lose a bull to another hunter. I knocked the bull down in a meadow and was going to finish the job when it jammed. He got up and ran off before I could chamber another round. At that point, I decided to trade it in and bought a 7mm Ruger bolt. Don' t get me wrong, I think the BAR is a fine gun but the one I bought probably wasn' t maintained before I got it and I wasn' t knowledgeable enough in gun care to keep it in working order so that it didn' t get to the point of getting too carboned up. I think that most Autos will work fine as long as they are maintained properly and in my case I learned a valuable lesson. I may buy one again some day but if I decide to it will be a new BAR...

30-06 Sprg. Good luck.

Thanks for all the info. I talked to my locale gunstore owners and smiths they have told me to have the B.A.R. disassembeld once a year if I shoot it a lot, to avoid jamming problems. I think I will get the .243 Win.