Salt

drntab

February 09, 2002 06:34

Could you please tell me what it means when someone says a rifle has or does not have salt?

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  Der Gebirgsjager

  February 09, 2002 07:55

  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 Creek

  February 09, 2002 08:13

  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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