Some of the stocks ( like mine) got more salt impregnation than others. If the gun has fared well for the last 40 years could one reasonably assume that the wood problem was corrected years ago or this gun wasn't manufactured with salt wood? I expect any problems would have surfaced long ago if salt was present.Īll of the stocks in that time frame were originally salt "cured" ( what in the hell were they thinking, they aren't hams!). This gun is 40 years old and it isn't showing any of the typical signs one might expect to see on a salt gun. One of my better customers is very interested in the gun and I told him this gun was produced during the time when Browning salt cured the wood, but I would hate to screw him on this deal. It shows ZERO signs of rust or corrosion of any kind. I'm not an expert but I don't think this gun has been refinished. Were all of these guns salt cured? Is it possible Browning replaced the wood years ago before it started to corrode? I also heard Browning refinished these gun for free of charge for the original owners. The only small hitch is that the trailing S8 in the serial # means that it was made in 1968. I have a beautiful 12ga Browning Superposed Grade II O/U shotgun at my shop.
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