I hunted for years with a Remington 742 in 30-06, and loved the thing. I found I was a much more confident (and therefore, accurate) field shooter when I used the autoloader.
After many years and thousands of rounds, I wore the thing out, and it began to jam on a regular basis. I bought a (relatively) unused replacement, and its' bolt jumped the rail before I was ever able to hunt with it. This soured me on autos, and I've been using pumps and levers ever since.
I'd now like to get back into an autoloader, and was wondering about a BAR in .308. When I first bought my Remington in 1973, I felt it had a better "feel" than the Browning. Now that I'm considering the Browning again, I'd appreciate the input from BAR users as to the feel, smoothness of use, carryability, sight aquisition, etc. of the BAR, and whether this is something that can simply be learned through familiarity, or do you feel it must be there at the get-go as it was with my Remington back in '73?
Any comments or ideas would be appreciated.