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One
more piece of advice I want to give you concerns the refinishing
of a known salt piece of wood. We have discovered that during
the stripping and rinsing process used during the refinish process
does something to activate salt. Even a harmless looking salt
stock that doesn’t seem to have much of a salt content can turn
into a nightmare after refinishing. I don’t know what the refinishing
process does, but salt wood can go wild after it has been refinished.
We will never knowingly refinish a salt stock, as you won’t like
the results. It doesn’t take long for it to blossom into a full
fledged beast. I want to stay your friend.
Now
in closing, I have one more round of bad news for you when you
go out to add some nice Browning’s to your collection. We talked
about the salt era as being between early 1966 and late 1970.
However, I have seen 3 or 4 guns come in last year that was manufactured
in the 80’s and sure enough, they had salt wood. The wood seems
to be on higher grade Browning’s and I have seen it on BAR rifles
and .22 autos. I’ve also seen a few graded BT-99 shotguns with
the bad stuff on them. Don’t ask me where the wood came from,
as I don’t know. Apparently, some high grade salt wood was stored
away in some remote corner and somehow got used on some 80’s model
guns. Be on the look-out for these guns as they are lurking out
there. Just be looking for the telltale signs of rust around the
wood line. Best of luck to you on your Browning collection acquisitions
and hopefully, you are a little more educated while shopping for
your favorite guns. Beware, as they are lurking out there just
hoping you will take one home with you.
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