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Das Magazin für Waffenbesitzer Repetierbüchse Browning Maral ALMOST A bautomat Straight-pull repeaters are enjoying Increasing quantities of boar, and steadily For repeater , development work has increasing popularity with battue increasing distances at driven hunts are been favouring rapid reloading. A number hunters. They are not subject to causing many hunters to choose a special of straight pull repeaters were produced for battues, to profit from the that eliminated lifting and lowering the restrictions on capacity, opportunities it offers as a weapon bolt lock. Krieghoff produced an inline- and they offer rapid rates of fire. specially adapted for firing rapid shots at repeater with the Semprio that re- The new Browning Maral makes quick-moving targets undoubtedly has a chambers the by moving the front part forward and back. the repeater-process even easier. number of advantages. For the first shot, no particular gun offers any advantage. The chaff is separated from the wheat when the first shot is fired and when it is important to have a rapid series of shots. Be it either to place another shot in a target that was not hit optimally the first time or 7 NORBERT KLUPS to kill a second animal in the herd.

In brief 1 Very fast. With the new Browning Maral straight pull repeater, the shooter can quickly fire Advantages several aimed shots after each other. Just pull the 7 Very fast straight pull system bolt backwards; a spring will pull it back forward. 7 Cocked by hand 7 Very good sights for drive hunting 7 Clip magazine 7 Modular build 7 Good shooting power Disadvantages 7 Somewhat rough trigger action 7 Difficult to clean

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SONDERPUBLIKATION AUS DWJ 01/2014 – WWW.DWJ.DE Repetierbüchse Browning Maral Fast ein Hal SEMI-AUTO Browning opens a new round in the Modular system. The Maral is very This modular building method offers the fight for higher re-chambering speeds. reminiscent of the Browning BAR buyer a large number of options in terms The new system means that the firer Zenith. From the left-hand side, of different fore-ends, stocks and side must pull the bolt backwards. The firer both weapons look alike. Browning plates that can be combined in many then lets it go and the rest is done by uses many components for both ways. a system of springs. To be exact, it is a rifles. “hand operated self-loading rifle”, since Browning offers several stock models in This is most noticeable in the receiver the reloading process of a semi- three wood qualities, and instead of the unit. On the BAR, the safety button sits automatic rifle works almost the same, wooden side plates, engraved panels can be in the trigger guard, on the Maral, which only that the gas pressure deals with fitted. has manual loading the button is not unlocking and pulling back the bolt. It needed. The opening is simply blanked Our test weapon was fitted with a Bavarian is a rifle for hunters that do not want off. cheek piece and a fore-end with tulip- to carry a self-loading rifle, but can shaped ends. Also wooden side plates were appreciate its advantages. fitted. The rubber recoil pad is soft and smooth, and it fits well into position on the shoulder.

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2 Elegant. The Maral gives a good impression 5 with its fluted barrel and beautiful wooden stock.

3 + 4 Leaf spring Under the barrel you will find a spring box with a leaf spring that coils up onto itself. This spring closes the chamber.

In two parts. The modular construction of the Maral is dismantled for travel. You will find the head of the fixing bolt just behind the pistol grip.

Browning has given the name of Inflex II to A practical feature is the easy way in which Rotating bolt lock with return spring. The its recoil pad. Pads are easy to change. A 20 the stock can be dismantled. The stock is Maral, just like the self-loading BAR, mm pad was fitted and other 12 and 20 not attached with a long screw hidden has a rotating bolt lock that locks into mm pads are available. Finally a 7 mm behind the butt end, but is unscrewed the barrel with seven studs. The spring- thick connecting piece is fitted to the gun, from the back of the pistol grip. The head loaded extractor is integrated into one so that it is easy to adapt the stock to of the screw is easy to reach, and using the of the locking studs. The bottom with different people. The stock is 360 mm long screwdriver supplied, it can be removed in its integrated ejector bolt is offset with the 20 mm rubber recoil pad in place. 20 seconds. The Browning Maral will then backwards. The receiver is made in fit into the accompanying plastic gun case. aluminium. Because the bolt is locked This is a more practical system than using directly into the barrel, an aluminium a long gun case for transport. receiver is not a disadvantage when it comes to durability, and it considerably reduces the gun’s weight. With a 56 cm barrel, the 110.5 cm long test gun weighs 3.1 kg, - a real light-weight.

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6 Quickly dismantled. The stock is removed by unscrewing a bolt behind the pistol grip.

7 Disassembly. The trigger group is removable by removing two pins. This makes the rifle easy to clean.

The bolt remains inside the receiver all the Between the bolt carrier and the bolt han- In addition, the barrel cannot be time when re-chambering a new round, no dle, there is a moving piece of metal that dismantled for cleaning and a part of the bolt protrudes from the back. A covers the ejector opening when the bolt is cleaning rod cannot be inserted from particular detail that makes the Maral locked. Unfortunately there is a big open the back. The barrel must be cleaned instantaneously recognisable is the handle slot behind it. This may be a problem, from the muzzle, or one must use a that is attached to the slide. It deserves the since dirt, snow or rain can get in here. If pull-through. Cleaning the cartridge name slide handle, since it runs most of this space becomes dirty, the only solution chamber is a fiddly job. the distance on the side of the receiver, is to clean the inside of the receiver via the The four-round magazine is designed before it turns down into a ball that lies magazine opening. The bolt cannot be as a clip magazine and is easy to near the trigger. Obviously Browning dismantled because Browning has pinned change. The magazine catch is close wanted to avoid making the same mistake the bolt head to the slide. This helps when at hand in front of the trigger guard, as the Rössler Titan 16, by placing the bolt dismantling the trigger unit, which is as is the case with the BAR Zenith. handle to far forward, thus making the achieved by removing two pins. After- The trigger releases at 1400g, user move his hand too far forward, with wards more space is available for cleaning. unfortunately the release was not the risk that the rifle may slide off his clean. The trigger action could be shoulder. Browning has done quite well felt, and we also detected a slightly with the Maral; here the ball is correctly rough feeling. Although acceptable for placed. a self-loading rifle, this is not acceptable for a repeater rifle. Trigger weight cannot be adjusted.

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8 Opened. The bolt does not protrude backwards The cocking slide is behind the receiver and has a steep upward movement. It takes some during cycling. force to cock the rifle, but it is almost 9 Straight up. The cocking button must be soundless if you press the button used to pushed upward forcefully at a relatively steep angle. uncock the rifle with your thumb. For repeated shots, the cocking slide stays in the q Small parts Above the adapter piece for the stock, upper position, and the bolt is automatically left the adjustable foresight and the rear sight base, right cocked. The shooter shouldn’t forget to the sling fittings. move down the cocking slide by hand when w R eady to travel Since the stock is easy to take off, he/she has finished shooting. the gun travels well in its handy gun case. q Lightning-fast re-chambering The action of the Maral is pure pleasure. The bolt moves smoothly and without jerking. Under the barrel there is a spring box with When the shooter releases the ball After firing a round, the receiver grip is a rolled up leaf spring. The box is (of the handle), the spring uncoils simply pulled backwards and then let go. connected to the bolt slide by two rails. and pulls the bolt forward. We The bolt will move forward by itself, will The front end of the spring is attached to a are surprised by the small forces pick up a round from the magazine feed block fitted to the barrel. If the bolt is that are needed to pull the plate, insert the round into the chamber and pulled back for repeating action, the spring mechanism back against the spring lock the bolt head. The weapon is ready to box moves towards the receiver at the force. fire before the finger is in position on the same time, and the spring coils itself. trigger. No repeater rifle was ever so [fast]. This is achieved with the Browning “Quick Reloading system”.

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When the magazine is empty, the bolt Noble optics. The Maral has an eye- On the shooting range. Um die Präzi- stays in the rear position, and after catching appearance. Besides the beautiful sion der Testwaffe im Kaliber .308 replacing the magazine, you just need to wood and the elegant stock design, the Winchester zu überprüfen, wurde pull the handle back slightly and then let fluted barrel catches the eye. The machined ein Leica-Zielfernrohr ERi 3–12×50 go of it for placing a new round in the ribs reduce the weight and improve cooling mit Leuchtabsehen mittels EAW- chamber. With a bit of practice, the thanks to the increased surface area and Schwenkmontage montiert. change-over from an empty to a full also look classy. This is normally only In order to check the precision of the test magazine is very fast. It is an extremely found on expensive repeater action rifles or rifle in calibre .308 Winchester, we fitted a comfortable and lightning-fast repeater match rifles. The quality of the wood is Leica Eri 3-12x50 scope on an EAW system. noticeable. The beautifully grained walnut flexible mount. Replaceable battue sights. is carefully polished and oiled. The importer AKAH supplied us with The sights, in this case a top rib sight with The Maral is available in the calibres .306 cartridges from Brenneke with TUG- two green light bars, a white middle bar Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, .300 projectiles. These showed considerable and a suitable large red foresight is Winchester Magnum and 9.3x62. For .300 vertical dispersion. There was hardly any suitable for rapid shooting at short ranges. Magnum guns the barrel is 2 cm longer. lateral dispersion, but the holes in the For foresight is adjustable vertically and target had a spread of 6 cm. After the laterally, and therefore it is easy to adapt second test adjustment, the Maral potential the weapon to any ammunition. The top for precision showed itself. Using the rib sight is mounted relatively high up, Hornady 165 g. SST from the Super and therefore it is very difficult to mount a Performance Series, the test weapon low scope, if it is a large unit. For this produced a spread of 2.2 cm over 100 m reason,e Browning supplies the weapon Technical data and price for five rounds. with a second butterfly-shaped high- ManufacturerBrowning International S.A. contrast sight with a shorter base. This Belgium The Maral turned out to be great fun at the one also uses green light elements. Importer AKAH, Gummersbach/ film target shooting range. The five shots If you don’t like the rails, or if they agent Fachhandel follow quickly once one is accustomed to interfere when installing a scope, simply Calibres 308 Win – further calibres the weapon, and the weapon is steady replace the sights, simply by undoing two .30-06 Sprf., .300 Win Mag throughout the shooting. This may also be screws. & 9.3x62 due to the calibre .308 Winchester which Another practical item is the quick-release we have always found pleasant to use. The sling fittings. The one in the stock has a System Straight pull repeater with front stock with the profiled grip lies recessed base into which the sling fitting twisting head lock comfortably in the hand. Unfortunately, simply clicks in place. No parts protrude Magazine Downward removable clip mag the ten-shot magazine is only available when it is removed. The front fittings are for 4 std or 3 magnum rnds in .30-06 Springfield at the moment. Such a mounted in the front of the hand guard magazine would increase pleasure-levels in and are sufficiently close to the muzzle. the film target shooting range. Barrel 56 cm for std calibres 58 cm for magnum calibres Conclusion Safety Hand operated on the stock neck The Browning Maral shoots almost as fast as the Browning BAR self-loading rifle, Trigger Direct pull, trigger weight 1400 g which is undoubtedly the model for the Maral, and which supplied a lot of Sights Sight bar and foresight adjustable in height; components used. It is the fastest straight- butterfly rear sight with pull repeater rifle on the market. This short mount included in handy rifle works without any hitch, shoots shipment excellently and has up-to-date manual Scope/fitting Leica Eri 3-12x50/EAW cocking and magazine. flexible mount The accessories are also good. Replaceable Stock Walnut with slight raise, rear sight, removable sling fittings and the Bavarian cheek piece, sharply robust plastic gun case with combination inclined pistol grip, thicker on locks for the dismantled Maral are the right-hand side, chequered included in the price of 2390 Euros. This is hand relatively good value for money if you compare to something like the Blaser R8, which costs 3242 Euros for the standard Guard and Length pistol grip. 110.5 cm with a 56 cm barrel version, or the Merkel Helix which is also Weight 3100 g without scope more than 2600 Euros if fitted with a wood Accessories Plastic gun case, stock key, stock. sling fittings, replacement rear Points to criticize on the test weapon are sight, stock adapter piece, the non-optimal trigger action and poor trigger lock, manual access for cleaning the Maral. Price 2390 Euro t 7

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