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Browning Arms Company was founded in 1880 by the American John Moses Browning, one of the most, if not the most prolific and influential firearm inventor of all time, with the help of his brothers, in Ogden, Utah. A large portion of John Browning's rifle designs have been acquired and produced by other big-name companies, like Winchester, Colt, Remington, Fabrique Nationale of Belgium, and Miroku. Among his most famous guns produced were the 1895 Colt Peacemaker machine gun, the Browning automatic rifle, the .45-caliber pistol, a variety of .30- and .50-caliber machine guns used in World War II; and the Browning Automatic-5 shotgun first introduced in 1902 and still produced to this day. Beside firearms, Browning is also a manufacturer of various other products, such as gun knives, shooting accessories, bicycles, and clothing. In 1977 the Belgian firearms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN) purchased the Browning Company. In 1987 the US Repeating Arms Company (Winchester) was purchased from its former owners. The Winchester brand (licensed from Olin Corporation) was acquired at the same time by FN. In 1990, Société Générale sold the FN company to GIAT Industries.
In 1997, the entire FN family of companies (including Browning and the Winchester) was bought from GIAT by the government of a Belgian region named Waloon and was renamed to Groupe Herstal.
Browning Maral is a straight-pull bolt-action repeating rifle first introduced in 2014. It is repeated by simply pulling the bolt-lever backward and then releasing it. Maral was adapted from the design of Browning’s BAR semiautomatic rifle line and is a successor to the Browning Acera model. Contrary to Acera, the Maral has a return spring which allows for faster reloading as the bolt is moved back automatically by the spring instead of having to pull it back manually.
It features a similar steel receiver and uses the same rotating-bolt-head system with seven locking lugs, though the way it operates is different since this is a repeating rifle. It also features a hand-cocking mechanism where a catch, which is located on the tang of the receiver, must be pushed forward to ready the rifle to fire. The barrels are non-removable and therefore cannot be switched.
Figure 1: Browning Maral. Source: https://en.browning.eu/maral-sf-fluted-threaded-hc.shtml
Browning Maral is chambered for the following calibers: *
.308 Win.
.30-06 Spr.
.300 Win. Mag.
9.3x62
*Caliber choice depends on the variant
Reflex Nordic Composite
SF Compo Nordic
SF Compo Brown ADJ
SF Composite Brown Adjustable Fluted Hand Cocking Left Hand
SF Fluted Threaded HC
SF Big Game Threaded
SF Platinum HC THR.S
SF Composite Nordic Left Hand
Browning Maral features four holes on the receiver for mounting purposes.
Figure 2: Browning Maral receiver
Figure 3: Browning Maral receiver
A: 12.7 mm
B: 81 mm
C: 12.7 mm
BHU: 0 mm
Ø: 6-48
R1: R18
R2: R18
The necessary condition for rifles to have one-piece mounts interchangeable is that the mounting surfaces of these rifles match in every dimension. Rifles that have one-piece mounts interchangeable with Browning Maral are the following:
Benelli Argo
Browning BAR I/II
Browning Acera
Winchester SXR Vulcan
Fabarm Iris
Browning BLR Takedown
For two-piece mounts to be interchangeable the mounting surfaces of the rifles must match in every dimension except the B dimension which can vary. This is because the distance between the two pieces of the mount is not fixed. Rifles that have two-piece mounts interchangeable with Browning Maral are the following:
These MAKfix rings are a good and reliable choice.
This two-piece Rusan Pivot mount is a great, reliable choice.
This EAW Steel Picatinny rail is of high-quality and reliable.
If you happen to own this or any other rifle, we would appreciate it if you could help us expand our database by sending us some photos of the rifle receiver (the bare mounting surface of the rifle without the mounts installed). For your help, our company offers a fair return in terms of practical rewards.
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