One would think salt damage would have shown up by now, and there is the possibility of a re-stock, and perhaps the whole gun was redone by Browning or Arts... There is a test for salt cured wood that involves a drop of a chemical on an unfinished part like under the butttplate. I think it's Silver Nitrate but don't quote me on that. Jaqua's in Findlay does this test on all Brownings from that era but it only tells about the stock that's currently on there...


"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble