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Collectors piece .308 FN Browning Bolt Action High Power Medallion Rifle and yet one more definite ‘Sleeper’ back from darkness. An Absolute Classic, Traditional and HIGH Quality Sporting Rifle in an equally classic .308 Winchester.
22” (560mm) Light weight profile barrel set to a pull of 13 ¾” (350mm). Overall the gun comes in at a straight 43” (1095mm) and tips scales bang on 7 Lbs 1 oz. (3.194 kg).
oHIGH Grade Walnut Stock with Excellent Strong and Straight (ish) Grain and Good Colour Contrast. Beautifully finished with traditional Rosewood tip to the Forend and Grip Cap. Extra Fine Hand Cut Chequering set within the Ornate Border.
The rifle built on a traditional Mauser 98 style action with full length fully Jewel Finished extractor claw. The action itself Nicely Engraved to both sides and top to all areas except the scope base block positions. Continuing on to each side the chamber area on the Stepped Profile barrel. Even the cross action recoil bar screw heads match. Turn the rifle over and the Trigger Housing and Hinged Magazine Floor don’t disappoint either. This particular example features a Rams Head (possibly Mouflon given manufacture) with Stylised Scroll work with a Gold Colour finish. It is actually more like an etching than inlay. As in the golden coloured base metal has been covered over then the pattern picked out through the blacked finish. It could be my eyes but it certainly does not look to be plain silver / steel. Maybe someone with ACTUAL information can clarify?
Gold washed trigger showing absolute minimal sign of any use. This is always a tell tale thing to inspect as the finish never lasts long when a gun gets used. Original Flip up Height and Windage adjustable open / iron ‘V’ sights.
Apparently the walnut used on a lot of these rifles was ‘experimental’. At the time quality pieces were difficult to source but a large quantity was located that had been salt dried. A method used to accelerate the drying time required in order to get timber to market. It turns out that timber from the bottom of these piles was often soaked with the run off from that above. That left salt residue IN the grain of the timber. Those rifles unfortunate enough to be put into one of these soon began to rust and badly.
This has been out of the stock and fortunately I can confirm it is as clean underneath as it is everywhere else.
It is also a rifle with a lot of appeal to me. I dare say I will take this out and test fire it at some stage if it stays here long enough. If it groups anywhere close to how good it looks it will very likely end up in my own cabinet. A TRULY CLASSIC LITTLE RIFLE and IT IS THAT NICE so you HAVE been WARNED.
