Local gun show purchase Browning 20 ga lighting superposed

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Now the bad news 1969 salt wood gun
Now the good news one has to look closely to see any damage
Now the good news bluing overall 90%
Wood very clean a few minor marks
Now the good news 2/3 less than going price
28” bbl’s full and mod choke
Quite happy with this hunting gun
 
I walked up to the table and saw it sitting the guy had it priced reasonable then he told me about the salt wihich really non existent a bit more negotiation and it was a done deal
 
struff55 said:
Now the bad news 1969 salt wood gun
Now the good news one has to look closely to see any damage
Now the good news bluing overall 90%
Wood very clean a few minor marks
Now the good news 2/3 less than going price
28” bbl’s full and mod choke
Quite happy with this hunting gun
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Struff I think this whole salt wood thing is blown out of proportion in my IMHO . I own a dozen Superposed guns some salt some not . The only salt gun that I saw rusted was a friends 20 gauge that got soaked in a rainstorm on a Woodcock hunt and he never took it apart and dried it. I bought the gun cleaned up the action at the stock and sealed the wood and the action. That was 20 years ago and it has been perfect ever since. Enjoy your purchase they make a great field gun as you already know.
 
warzaw said:
Struff I think this whole salt wood thing is blown out of proportion in my IMHO . I own a dozen Superposed guns some salt some not . The only salt gun that I saw rusted was a friends 20 gauge that got soaked in a rainstorm on a Woodcock hunt and he never took it apart and dried it. I bought the gun cleaned up the action at the stock and sealed the wood and the action. That was 20 years ago and it has been perfect ever since. Enjoy your purchase they make a great field gun as you already know.
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Funny I was going to say the same thing. I have seen a few over the years and the ones that people took care of were fine. in fact only even seen one real damaged and the shape that gun was in salt wood was the least of it's issues
Cheers
 
I agree the two pc shotgun stocks seem to have less issues
I have seen rifle that were so pitted nothing could been done to repair the damage I would glass bead them and reblue them
That being said they were never taken out of the stock and properly cleaned
Once again I’m pleased with the find
 
Leavenworth said:
Could you please explain Superposed and Saltwood ? Never heard of these
Leavenworth
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Someone convinced Browning they could speed up the wood drying process by burying walnut in salt. Needless to say, salt was absorbed into the wood, the wood was put onto guns and the salt then reacted with the metal. IIRC the affected years are something like 1965 to 1972. Double check that. Not all Browning guns in that timeframe got salt wood and not all salt wood guns were ruined by it. For a long time Browning would replace the stock.


Nice score Struff.
 
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After all these years I still have not tried to post pics I guess I best figure it out
On another note upland season starts on the 15 of September here in Sask looking forward to using the little 20 this year
 
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