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Category - Browning Belgium Rifles - Safari - Browning Rifles - Bolt Action

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Browning Belgium Rifles - Safari
Browning Rifles - Bolt Action

Gorgeous Rare Browning High Power Safari 270 Win - Collector Condition

Description:
Description:
Highly collectible and rare.  It is in collector's condition and looks almost new. 

The High-Power was offered in three grades, including Safari, Medallion, and Olympian.   The Safari is a beauty with select high-grade Claro Walnut stock, a Belgium-made pencil barrel, mirror bore, double step downs, hooded front sight, and an adjustable express rear sight.  The teardrop Monte Carlo cheekpiece is set on a hand-cut checkered stock with fiddleback figure throughout. Rifles in most calibers included a steel recoil lug, and the stock was fit by hand and bedded to a specific barreled action to maximize accuracy. The trigger guard and floorplate were engraved and highlighted with gold. The stock finish is in excellent condition with a very high gloss finish with just a couple of flea bites from handling. The rust bluing is beautifully colored with a deep gloss and is 99% or better.  Browning High-Power rifles feature a high-quality commercial FN Mauser 98-pattern action that is rugged and reliable with a controlled feed and jeweled bolt.  The High-Power rifles were available in popular calibers from .243 Winchester to .458 Winchester Magnum; however, the majority were for .30-06-length (3.340 inches) and .375 H&H-length (3.600 inches) cartridges. Thus, 270 Win caliber is desirable and rare in the High-Power models.  Short action cartridges (.243 and .308 Winchester) were produced in limited quantities on the ’98 action. Browning chose instead to offer these cartridges, as well as the .222 Remington, .222 Remington Magnum, and .22-250 Remington, for Sako Finnish-built rifles that have a reputation for top-notch accuracy. 

Economics tragically began to take its toll on the High-Power rifle. In short, the cost to produce the commercial Mauser ’98 action was high, and competing companies were developing new manufacturing methods and began designing rifles that cost notably less to produce. Even though sales remained strong, it was an expensive rifle to produce, and by 1974-1975 the last of the Browning High-Power rifles were imported to the U.S. (though they continued to be sold throughout Europe into the 1980s).  The bolt offers controlled feeding with a strong claw extractor, making the action especially popular with big- and dangerous-game hunters.  

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Curio/Relic: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .270 Winchester
Manufacturer: Browning
Model: High Power Safari
Serial Number: 7L44360
Condition: Excellent
Metal Condition: Excellent
Wood Condition: Excellent
Bore Condition: Excellent
Action: Bolt
Triggers: Single Crisp
Stock: Claro Walnut
Butt Pad: Factory Browning Plate
LOP: 13 7/8
Finish: High Gloss
Sights: Metal w/Factory Drilled & Tapped
Manufacture Date: 1967
Engraving: Yes