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re: So I was drinking & went to an online gun auction Browning superposed

Posted on 5/25/14 at 10:52 am to
Posted by Mizzoufan26
Vacaville CA
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 5/25/14 at 10:52 am to
Snipped from an article at LINK



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According to Schwing’s interviews with Browning’s Harm Williams and Val Browning, all the salt curing was done in the US and affected at least 90% of all Browning stocks from made from 1967 to 1969. The problem continued to show up until 1972, but in smaller numbers.



1966-1972 it seems



Another interesting snippet

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By the way, Browning wasn’t the only one to get taken in by the salt wood walnut curing process. I’ve heard that some other gun companies did also, but weren’t quite as up front about dealing with it.


So be relatively cautious with all guns around that timeframe?
This post was edited on 5/25/14 at 10:54 am
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:36 am to
Just getting back to this. There is no way to fix the salt wood problem other than replacing the wood entirely. At one time Browning would provide new wood for the original owner of the gun at least, they might still do it for other owners not sure. Problem is after all this time the metal under the wood can be trashed.

This is a good video showing restoration work for those that are interested:

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