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Those areas appear to me that it is a chemical burn (reaction. That's my best quess, the wood appears to be charred.

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A lot of guns suffered "bruised" wood, usually on the fore-end, from being used to press down the lower strand of barbed wire to go through a fence. The fore-end damage is sometimes blamed on dog-gnawing because that's what it looks like. I don't see any evidence of the metal being marred though in the pictures. Still I suspect the damage was caused physically rather than by some chemical. Just an unproven opinion, though...Geo

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Glad you asked David, my well used 06' 00 has similar marks, though more obvious gouges. It doesn't seem to be oil soaked.




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Rev., I'd bet money your gun was damaged by traversing barbed wire fences. I've done it and seen what it does...Geo

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sweaty hands and finger rings?

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I wonder if this rather strange addition to a 12 gauge Durston Special Lefever I recently bought is to repair or prevent the above described handling action? I haven't yet been able to dismantled to view condition or damage underneath. It looks like brass brazing joining the cross bar to the forward portion of the trigger plate.

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I don't know about the Durston, I had just assumed these marks were from hanging the gun on nail ar two...like you still see in farmers barns

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Robert, that is an interesting possibility. Both sides damaged from switching to left-right in hanging. My only thought on it is there isn't any damaging scrathes on the metal, at least on mine, but still is a good explanation as to how it happened.


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Edumacated guess as to sequence of events. Wood marred by wire, nail, or other hard surface. Protective shellac/varnish/etc. comes off. Routine oil, sweat, handling causes color change. To refinish will require oil removal and dent raising. That's my SWAG of the day! Best, Dr. BILL

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Given the location and extent of that damage-and taking the given that the wood isnt oil soaked, it would seem that the finish was probably destroyed by a second incompatible finish. As if somebody decided to go ahead and cover that area while putting a coat of lacquer on the case colors. Anybody know if lacquer over an oil might react in such a way?


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