FN Browning Acera

The History of Browning

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 Acera Rifle Review

Browning Acera is a straight-pull centerfire hunting rifle introduced in 1999 as a modified, repeatable version of the BAR rifle. The receiver which is drilled and tapped for optics mounts is made of aluminum alloy.

The gas system has been removed; moreover, there is no return spring to move the bolt back. Instead, it must be pushed back manually by hand, thus the bolt handle is positioned somewhat further in the front compared to the most straight-pull rifles. It is a typical turn bolt that locks into the action’s housing.

Positioned behind the trigger is a push-button safety that clocks the trigger and prevents accidental misfire. The bolt features seven locking lugs and the magazine is of the drop-down type and is removable. Browning Acera was discontinued in 2001.

Browning Acera

Figure 1: Browning Acera. Source: https://armureriesafari.fr/produit/browning-acera-cal-300-win-mag/

Browning Acera Calibers

Browning Acera is chambered for the following calibers:

.270 Win.
7x64
7mm Rem. Mag.
.308 Win.
.30-06 Spr.
.300 Win. Mag.
9.3x62

Browning Acera Variants

Stutzen
Pirsch

Browning Acera features four holes on the receiver for mounting purposes.

Browning Acera receiver

Figure 2: Browning Acera receiver, chambered for .300 Win. Mag. (source: https://armureriesafari.fr/produit/browning-acera-cal-300-win-mag/)

Skica dimenzij

Figure 3: Browning Acera receiver

A: 12.7 mm

B: 81 mm

C: 12.7 mm

BHU: 0 mm

Ø: 6-48

R1: R18

R2: R18

Scopes Mounts Interchangeable With Browning Acera

Rifles That Have One-Piece Mounts Interchangeable With Browning Acera

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 Acera are the following:

Benelli Argo
Browning BAR I/II
Browning Maral
Winchester SXR Vulcan
Fabarm Iris
Browning BLR Takedown

Rifles That Have Two-Piece Mounts Interchangeable With Browning Acera

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 Acera are the following:

Benelli Argo
Browning BAR I/II
Browning Maral
Winchester SXR Vulcan
Fabarm Iris
Browning BLR Takedown

Best Scope Mounts For Browning Acera

Fixed Scope Mounts For Browning Acera

These MAKfix rings are a good and reliable choice.

Detachable Repeatable Mounts For Browning Acera

This two-piece Rusan Pivot mount is a great, reliable choice.

Picatinny Rails For Browning Acera

This EAW Steel Picatinny rail is of high-quality and reliable.

Help Us Build Our Riflescope Mounts Database

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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Blaser has revolutionised the way rifle scopes are mounted on the rifles with their saddle mount system. The main feature of this system is that it can be found with all Blaser rifles, no matter what type or model they are. That means that Blaser succeeded to offer the same mounting solution on repeating rifles like on the R93, R8, Combination rifles like B95/97, Single Shot break rifles like K95, Drillings like D99, Bockdrillings like D14, side by side rifles like S2 and all other rifles made by Blaser.

This system is thus by far the most versatile mounting system on the market. Additional advantages that it offers are:

Very low mounting height of scopes with rails like Zeiss ZM/VM, Swarovski SR, S&B Convex,
100% repeatability when detached and reattached,
small size and weight,
easy detaching and reattaching the scope to a rifle.

This mounting system has four notches for mounting directly on the barrel and not on the action. All mounts that attached to all four notches can be used on all types of Blaser rifles. Those mounts however that are attached only to 2 notches (most commonly these are mounting solutions for the red dot sights and reflex sights) are rifle specific. That means that MAKnetic for Docter Sight for Blaser R8 will not fit on any other Blaser rifle except R8. Such mounts are very elegant due to their small size but their versatility is limited to one specified type of Blaser rifle only.

Another important consideration that needs to be pointed out is that all mounts for Blaser rifles (original and non-original) are designed to work only on one single barrel. That means that if you have set a mount on one barrel (setting a mount on the Blaser rifle means to tighten the adjustment screw in a way that clamping of the mount on the four notches is done by exactly appropriate force) it will work only on that Blaser barrel and not on others. You can have multiple optics on one Blaser barrel but you cannot have a single optics on multiple Blaser barrel. The only exception to this rule are Dentler mounts.

This mounting system can be found on the following Blaser rifles:

R8
R93
B95/B97
D99
K95
S2

FN Browning Acera

The History of Browning