Pencil Barrel Browning

[Mike Webb]

Picked this up a while ago from a local gunshop. They listed it as a Browning BBR .243. Saw the pics and realized it was an FN produced Browning with all Sako steel. Built in 1965 and no signs of salt wood. The stock finish was crazed really badly and the wood grain was practically invisible. Stripped it and put 15 or 16 coats of Tung oil on it. A pretty striking piece of Claro walnut, I think. Barrel is unbelievably light. Shot moa with the first factory loads I could grab for it, Federal 80 grain loads.

 

[Fisherguy55]

Looks like a great find

 

[huntingfamily]

Beauty!

 

[Neilm]

Beautiful rifle and your very lucky there was no salt wood.

 

[FLHTCUI]

score....

 

[kamlooky]

Pretty amazing what's hidden under the factory finishing layers.
Good eye'n well done.
Thanks for the photos.

 

[Buckmastr]

Awesome. Good job

 

[Mike Webb]

I read that FN did the same with the all the Safaris. Nice piece of wood with hand checkering then slather the whole thing, checkering and all with varnish.

 

[Browning_300wsm]

Wow nice job! Sharp looking stock. Had a pencil barrel browning bolt 220 swift a while back with the FN butt plate on it. It was a good shooter!

 

[struff55]

A gunshop listed it as a bbr . Wow I guess anyone can open up a gun shop knowledge is not a requirement