Browning's 'bowling pin' finish looks good on the dealer's rack, and for the first season or two afield. But it does chip, it does scratch, and eventually it does go to hell. I had to refinish my BSS after three seasons - removed the factory gloss and gave it a hand-rubbed tung oil finish which looked great even ten years later when I sold it.

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