Belgian FN Deluxe 30-06?
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Just picked this gun up and wondering if the experts here can decipher these markings. Some of my pictures somehow turned into videos, with this apple phone Gun is in open sights configuration, rear sight is a side mounted peep. Front is a hooded bead. Butt plate is engraved African Buffalo Horn!
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All the cryptic little stamps are regular Belgian proof marks, showing that the rifle was tested and inspected at the government proof house as is required in most European countries. Chart at https://www.hunting.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Belgian-Proof-Marks.pdf
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Its a fine quality rifle. Its a hunting rifle.
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Thanks Jim! That was exactly what I was looking for.
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I live in Alaska, it will go hunting...
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Does the receiver have the accommodations for stripper clips.
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Neither accommodation, either for the clip or thumb.
Very nice!
I'm thinking it's a Browning High Power.
I can only barely see the bolt release. How about the serial number?
My own High Power .30-06 came out of Alaska too.
Interesting to me that an owner put the sight on such a wonderfully engraved gun. Does your barrel have no attachment point for a Safari or Express sight?
Great guns.
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Hell of a rifle. Is the front sight an American part too? I'd love to see more of the gun.
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Hawt!
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Very beautiful rifle! I have found a bit of information on this FN. A Washington, DC importer, Firearms International, began importing these rifles from Germany in 1948. All of these imports had ' Chrome Vanadium Steel ' stamped on the barrel. Your FN was manufactured in 1952, as shown on the barrel. The rifle is all original, including the peep sight mounting holes on the receiver, which were added to satisfy the importer. This was done at the factory in Germany. The stock is also original. The engraving was done as a pre-FN stamping on the receiver, possibly another importer order. Some were done by custom engravers by special order. Most of these engravings can be tied to the engraver. The more elaborate, the higher the values. 1952 saw the first FN Mauser barreled actions imported into the U.S. as well.
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That's a beauty! I'm a sucker for these Belgian Mausers!!
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Anything made by FN - Fabrique National (in the Herstal area of Liege province, Belgium) - is from Belgium. However, they are famous for making the 1898 Mauser action, with slight alterations, like not including mounts for charger clips, not cutting out the 'thumb recess' and the like for sporting arms.
Delightful arms. Excellent workmanship.
Yes. FN did make John Browning designed handguns for years. It established FN as an arms and munitions manufacturer. That whole story is a bit of firearms history; too detailed and enchanting to be told here. Look it up on line or any one of several books on that subject alone.
Delightful arms. Excellent workmanship.
Yes. FN did make John Browning designed handguns for years. It established FN as an arms and munitions manufacturer. That whole story is a bit of firearms history; too detailed and enchanting to be told here. Look it up on line or any one of several books on that subject alone.
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And shotguns: B25 (Superposed), the Auto 5, and the Double Auto (designed by Val Browning), among others.
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