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Salt

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
    Kind of hard to say what the colloquial meaning might be without hearing it used in a sentence. I would speculate that it might mean that the gun has history, has been used extensively, has "been around".
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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, expecially bolt action rifles in all grades, some BARs, Superposed shotguns and T-bolt rifles should be examined where the wood meets the metal for signs of freckling and rust.
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