![]() The salt was supposed to leach out the moisture and dry the wood quickly. “In an area roughly the size of a football field, five-foot by five-foot by eight-foot stacks of stock blanks were covered with salt. Browning tested it and there were no problems, so Browning bought the process in 1965. This cured the walnut much faster than the kiln method. Morton Salt had developed a salt solution drying process successfully used in the furniture industry with good results. Rapid kiln drying also produced cracks in the California walnut. Demand for Browning guns was at an all time high and the usual kiln drying process for walnut was too slow to produce what was needed. A California contractor had a large inventory of good walnut taken from clearing power line right of ways. quote:Īccording to Schwing, in the mid ’60s Browning needed a better supply of high grade walnut for it’s guns. But by now the metal underneath is probably rusted. I'm going to be VERY busy.Very inportant to do your research, especially date of manufacture. Suffice to say I will be long dead and gone before I can sell them all. If I told you the number of guns that he has to move you wouldn't believe it. Now I have to gear back up because I OFFICIALLY RETIRED last week (66) and am going to be selling quite a few pieces (all kinds) for a friend of mine that has been collecting since the late 60's. I had a license for a little over 20 years and was pretty much up on all the models from all the manufacturers but got out of buying/selling/trading/collecting around 2009. auction site with the same style forearm. It doesn't have the thru bolt like you see on their Pigeon Grade field guns so I had to look for more pics of Pigeon Grade Superposed guns and saw a PG Skeet from 1967 on the R.I.A. It has the Superposed style forearm, unlatch and slide forward. This one is long tang Pigeon Grade with the "French Grey" receiver from 1969. Most experts have never seen a long tang salt gun, and therefore believe that almost 100% of the salt guns had short tangs." "During late 1966, Browning's salt wood problems began to emerge, and continued until 1972. No evidence of salt.Įxcerpt from the "Blue Book of Gun Values", by S. Thanks Jake, that was the first thing I checked. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2022
Categories |