![]() The only figured wood available was planks bought in California but sent to South America for furniture. By the time the European wood deal fell through the California wood was gone. BA thought it was a ploy and put off the purchase knowing there was plenty of cheap California wood available if needed. (From "Browning Sporting Arms of Distincction" by Matt Eastman)īrowning procrastinated in signing the wood contract it Europe because there was a price spike. Place a drop or two on a hidden spot on the wood, if it bubbles you have a problem Sometimes you can test the wood with silver nitrate. If you find no rust, the gun is probably OK. Take out the butt plate screws and look them over carefully. Inspect any place the metal touches the wood. Superposes and T-Bolts made between 1967-1973 should be looked at Safari, Medallion or Olympian made between 1967-1976 and any A5's 2,000,000 edition Commemoratives should be looked at. In Brownings case, the problem first showed up starting in 1966 and ends on their guns about 1973. The wood was already cut into the appropriate size planks and no one thought that any salt residue would remain on or in the wood after final shaping, sanding, and finshing.The US Government stopped using walnut for the M-14 rifles and went to other types of wood because properly cured wood was so scarce at the time. The wood dried so quickly that the workers said they could actually see a steady drip of moisture coming from the wood. ![]() This company was drying their walnut using granulated salt, by covering the wood with salt and placing it in quonset huts. ![]() This was not a Browning problem, but a supplier problem.Ībout 1965, a large wood supplier sent wood not only to Browning for FN's use but also to Bishop, Fajen, Winchester, Ruger and to the US Military for M-14 stocks. Salt wood resulted from a process used on Brownings to speed up the curing time of wood.the salt would draw out the moisture and speed up the drying process, unfortunately the salt residue remained in the wood grain and caused metal corrosion where the metal and wood made contact. Thanks OleDuk, I copied this from the previous post you mentioned. ![]()
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