GUN TEST: Browning Maral, hybrid, straight-pull rifle

Pete Moore considers Browning's unique, Maral rifle and reckons it's the perfect medicine for driven hunts, where the targets are plentiful and the action fast and demanding.
Contact: Browning International; browning.eu
PCM GUNS; [e-mail]

[@michaelguerin56]

Nice setup. The Nomad base is an excellent solution.

[@PCMGuns]

I totally agree a really practical solution

[@yeahbee8237]

So no easy way to remove the bolt and clean the rifle?

[@PCMGuns]

Not that I have found, which is annoying, as a bore snake is not ideal and rodding from the front even less so. My guess is, you'd have to drop the trigger mech housing and disengage the bolt from the action rods. I have never tried it, as I stripped down my old Browning BLR (Browning Leveraction Rifle), which has a rack and pinion-type system and had to send it back to Browning, as I could never get the last tooth to engage on closing. 😬

[@yeahbee8237]

@@PCMGuns ditto on the BLR. Hence my question 😜