MId west gun works.
Parts are made there, but, it is assembled outside the country.
Made in 1976. Try the Browning Customer Service and parts dept at the link below.
You can start your search at browning themselves,if you have no luck you may want to go to numrich gun parts corp.
Try the Gun Parts Corp Hurley NY http://www.e-gunparts.com/
your browning bar was made in 1976.
BAR stands for Browning Automatic Rifle, not browning association rifle.
Your browning BAR with a M70 suffix dates your browning BAR to 1970,not 1952.The first browning BAR rifles were made in 1967.A browning BAR rifle is valued at between 400-600 dollars for a grade I rifle with a 60%-90% original finish and a good bore.
Browning Automatic Rilfe
The BAR machine gun is recommended for its accuracy and portability whereas with the browning you sacrifice these qualities for greater fire rate, ammo capacity and bullet penetration. Actually, the Browning Automatic Rifle (aka Browning Machine gun) IS the BAR; they are one and the same. BAR is an acronym for Browning Automatic Rifle.
Check Browning's web site.
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With the serial number that provided,your Browning model BAR was produced in the year 1970.