Anyone else have a love for the Browning High Power rifles of days gone by?

I bought a beautiful 270 Win Browning Safari off the EE, fit me perfect. As i examined it after opening the box i found that the wrist had been broken and repaired. Got a refund, ended up buying a newer CRF model 70. Still disappointed about that.
 
They are beautiful rifles and highly underrated. I have a 1965 vintage "pencil Browning" in .243. All steel made by Sako and so marked as FN didn't make an intermediate length action. Buggy whip slick barrel(no sights), though drilled and tapped for rear and filled with factory plug screws. Stunning piece of California Claro wood, no salt. Bolt left in the white as per Browning specs. Super thin barrel walls but still shoots around an inch with several factory loads as long as you let it cool down a little.
Read a post by a guy in this thread hankering one in 264 Win Mag. They are nice rifles but Browning decided to offer the .264 with a 22 inch barrel. As the .264 case is pretty overbore capacity, ballistically you end up with a REAL loud .270.
 
I just bought one as well. Might be up for sale soon as I bought an estate.

Not hardly a mark on it... looks new.

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Mike Webb said:
They are beautiful rifles and highly underrated. I have a 1965 vintage "pencil Browning" in .243. All steel made by Sako and so marked as FN didn't make an intermediate length action. Buggy whip slick barrel(no sights), though drilled and tapped for rear and filled with factory plug screws. Stunning piece of California Claro wood, no salt. Bolt left in the white as per Browning specs. Super thin barrel walls but still shoots around an inch with several factory loads as long as you let it cool down a little.
Read a post by a guy in this thread hankering one in 264 Win Mag. They are nice rifles but Browning decided to offer the .264 with a 22 inch barrel. As the .264 case is pretty overbore capacity, ballistically you end up with a REAL loud .270.
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There are many calibers that are.effectively a 270. Typically a 264 pushes bullets 100-150 faster, which you lose if shortening the barrel. My 270 in a 1885, with overlong barrel is the opposite, effectively pushing into 264 territory. Dead is.dead, a animal killed by either just doesnt care.
 
I know a fellow who has an absolutely mint Belgium made, Browning Safari, 375 H&H, low round count with two boxes of factory ammo and I think dies that he is thinking of selling. I did not see any corrosion. Great wood, bluing is perfect, all original, gun with rings. What would it be worth? Posted this elsewhere, looking for more response.
 
I remember in the 1970's that Belgium Browning and Weatherby Mark V were the best made rifles, and the most expensive. Owning one of these rifles back then would be equivalent to owning a very high-end rifle today. There are many Belgium Browning's today for sale on the market, especially in the USA, many are just stunning. Great quality rifles for sure and they held their dollar value, and then some.
 
I had a very nice .308 pencil barrel, with the early style fixed rear sight and spectacular wood. Used it to kill my best Saskatchewan whitetail ever and my only Yukon Dall ram. It was elegant and accurate. I hunted with it in all kinds of conditions, but took proper care of it and it remained in excellent condition. Of course I traded it off.
 

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Longwalker said:
I had a very nice .308 pencil barrel, with the early style fixed rear sight and spectacular wood. Used it to kill my best Saskatchewan whitetail ever and my only Yukon Dall ram. It was elegant and accurate. I hunted with it in all kinds of conditions, but took proper care of it and it remained in excellent condition. Of course I traded it off.
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Nice, :) VERY nice.
 
ken1989 said:
I know a fellow who has an absolutely mint Belgium made, Browning Safari, 375 H&H, low round count with two boxes of factory ammo and I think dies that he is thinking of selling. I did not see any corrosion. Great wood, bluing is perfect, all original, gun with rings. What would it be worth? Posted this elsewhere, looking for more response.
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My 308 Norma, Chevrolet wood that had been nicely refinished....was $900 on here. If your friends rifle had presentation grade wood and flawless blueing I could see $1500-1800. It's.hard to quantify without at least pictures to see condition. Realize also that there are several selling doldrums in the calendar.....school holidays in the summer, and when the visa bills show up after christmas(now). Further, the major industry of the province with the most disposable income in the country has been under attack by the Eastern communist government for five years now. It's a buyers market.
 
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