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Browning High Power Belgium Safari 30.06 22" Barrel - Excellent Condition
Guns International #: 102640902 Seller's Inventory #: 272
Category: Browning Belgium Rifles - Safari - Browning Belgium Rifles
Seller's Information
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Seller: randywine
Company: Randolf W Fowler Ltd
Member Since: 1/26/21
First Name: Randy
Last Name: Fowler
State: Virginia
Zip: 20147
Country: United States
Phone: (703) 858-2881
Premium Seller
Number of Active Listings: 206
Total Number of Listings: 361
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Returns ON approval within 3 DAYS OF DELIVERY MINUS A 20% RESTOCKING FEE
Payment Types Accepted: Money Orders, Certified Checks, Personal Checks, Zelle, Layaway
Description:
Description:
Highly desirable clean 1968 Belgium-made Browning High Power Safari with FN Mauser Action in Excellent condition. The bluing is excellent but shows some thinning on the floorplate. The wood shows a few small handling marks and the varnish is thinning a bit under the forend. Checkering is in great shape. A negative test for salt wood. These rare guns are getting very hard to find.
Description:
Highly collectible and rare.
The High-Power was offered in three grades, including Safari, Medallion, and Olympian. The Safari is a beauty with select high-grade Walnut stock, a Belgium-made barrel, and a mirror bore. The teardrop Monte Carlo cheekpiece is set on a hand-cut checkered stock with nice 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 are engraved. The rust bluing is beautifully colored with a deep gloss. 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, 243 Win caliber is desirable and rare in the High-Power models. Short action cartridges (.243 and .308 Winchester) were produced in limited quantities. 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.
Layaway 1/3 down 90 days
Shipping: $65, insurance extra upon request
Hardcase optional for $25
Payment: Personal Check, Money Order, Cert. Check, or Zelle
randywine2000yahoo
(703) 858-2881
Returns without damage or alteration within 3 days of delivery minus 20% restocking fee
Price: $1,399.00
Curio/Relic: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .30-06 Springfield
Manufacturer: Browning
Model: High Power Safari
Serial Number: 8L 47204
Barrel Length: 22
Condition: Excellent
Metal Condition: Excellent
Wood Condition: VG+
Bore Condition: Excellent
Action: Bolt
Triggers: Single
Stock: Black Walnut
Stock Comb: Monte Carlo
Butt Pad: Factor Plate
LOP: 13 7/8
Finish: Gloss
Sights: Metal
Manufacture Date: 1968
Engraving: Factory
Extras: Scope Base
Case: Optional