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Must be a tough question.

drntabdrntab Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in Ask the Experts
Could you please tell me what it means when someone says a rifle has or does not have salt?
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Truly-it's a new one on me. I'm unfamiliar with the term. The only salt I've heard of in connection with rifles is salts in the bore resulting from the use of corrosive primers. You'll probably have to ask one of the users of this term directly for their meaning. As far as I know it's not a term in wide usage.
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  • Spring CreekSpring Creek Member Posts: 1,260 ✭
    edited November -1
    Between 1966-1971 Browning used a salt-curing process to speed the drying time needed for their walnut stock blanks. Unfortunately, the salt would be released from the wood and oxidize the metal surface(s) after a period of time. These guns, especially bolt action rifles in all grades, som BARs, Superposed shotguns and T-bolt models should be examined carefully where the wood and metal meet for signs of freckling and rust.
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