A friend came by yesterday with a Fox that has some dark staining on the forend wood. It almost looks like wood stain was applied to the surface but it's too irregular to be stain that was deliberately applied. It doesn't appear to have been darkened with a torch. I'm thinking it might be gun grease that was put on the barrels for long term storage. I tried to remove it with acetone, but that didn't work hardly at all. So the questions are, has anyone seen this before, any ideas on what this is, and how do we remove it?
Thanks in advance for replies.
Frank Silvers
