I found an FN .270 in the dark corner of a country gun shop, and it was priced as a project gun so I bought it.
Sort of gun rescue, but I am not sure exactly what I have, and if any forum had people with knowledge of this gun this would be the one.
FN classic crest on top of the action, FN proof marks everywhere, Fab. Nat. Armes de Guerre, Herstal-Belgique on the barrel. Action and barrel have a matching serial number of 1085. No Browning language.
The stepped barrel states "Chrome Vanadium Steel." No rear site dovetail, but it is tapped for a front sight.
Two position safety, angled up is safe, down is fire. Drilled and tapped for a Leupold one-piece base and rings that came with. Bluing seems super pristine so perhaps it was redone.
Stock is not pretty, but has some very nice checkering although a bit worn. Pronounced cheek piece (not shown). The present buttplate is super thin and shows a silhouette of a figure on a horse. LOP is only about 12 1/2" because of that. Thick varnish that may be a refinish job without good sanding. One cross lug.
So it is an FN, but were there different models? Can anyone give me an even approximate date of manufacture? Was this a model that you would find in gun shop, or perhaps lower end model sold by Montgomery Ward? Could this have come with a peep sight? What would be the original look?
The plan is to mount a scope and shoot it. If accuracy is good, I might just add a recoil pad to increase LOP. BUT, the stock sort of cries for an oil finish. If it does not shoot well, I will use the action for a build.
Any info you can share about this one would be great. It is presently not beautiful, but when I saw it, I knew it had to come home for the possibilities. And I had just read yet another book by Jack O'Connor so I was consumed by nostalgia. I want this one to have a new life ...
Thanks,
Jeff
PS: my apologies for the images. Everything I upload gets rotated 90 and I can't stop it.
