BAR Short Trac

I don't have the short trac, but I've got a Safari II in .243. I find the recoil to be quite light.... partly because the rifle is a bit heavier I suppose. Steel receiver. I'd guess the short trac would be nicer to carry in the woods. Accuracy out of my older rifle is totally adequate for the rifle's purpose. Probably 1.5" at 100, I'd say.

I've never had a BAR Short Trac, but I've had a BAR and had much the same experience you did. It shot horribly. They are gorgeous rifles and every time I see one I think how much I'd love to have it, but then I remember how the one I had shot and it stops me from buying another one. I've read reports of great accuracy from some guys on sites like these, but when talking to people I know that have personally owned one I've heard a lot more complaints about the accuracy than I positive comments. Actually, I don't have a single friend that's owned one and been happy with the accuracy of it. When I called Browning and explained I was getting 3" + groups, they tried to tell me that was normal for a semi automatic rifle. After that I just gave up on the BAR completely.

I bought a BAR years ago at a pawn shop. I took it apart to clean it and inside it looked exactly like a Remington 740/742.
Memory not what it was, but I believe it was a 270 Win.
Beautiful gun, shot horribly. Dumped it.

Never had a short trac but I've owned and used the heck out of three BARs. Only parted with one to a favorite nephew. I kept the 20"bbl'd lightweight carbine '06 & now use it for deer and hogs almost exclusively, it won't quite print as well as my 1948 M/70, but it's damned close! That load btw is 57.5 of imr 4350 under a 165 Sierra HPBT.

All three of my rifles, one a .338 & two '06s will hold with most bolt rifles....and if you carefully work up a load will print UNDER an inch at a hundred.

I take offense at the comparison to Remington's 'jammatics', as I have personally NEVER experienced a stoppage in any of my rifles attributable to the gun itself, and I use handloads exclusively......however I have friends that insist on using the Remington designs that constantly experience ftf/fte....broken extractors et al, ad naseum.

I find no similarity to the Remington design whatever....the gas system in the Browning is piston driven as opposed to the direct gas impingement of the R and the overall quality of the B product is far better.

I still have one in 300 win mag, more accurate and much less felt recoil than my 742 in 30-06. Not to mention much better trigger, feeding system.

Isn't the BAR short track the same exact thing as a FNAR with wood furniture?

If so, accuracy should not be an issue.

Not wanting to offend anyone, mine was reliable, just inaccurate as hell. Superficial resemblance to 742 inside, similar rotating bolt, etc.
Was a beautiful gun, got my money back out of it.