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Hi all, kind of posed this question on another forum, but I sure value your opinions here alot so I'll ask here. I was in our local "Gun Shop" the other day. After talking to the owner awhile we got on the subject of stock finishes. He was telling me that the Browning high gloss finish was one of the best in the business.
To you Browning owners out there what do you think? Is this finish a good one?
Also, what are your opinions of high gloss finishes? I kind of like them, then again I like a good oil finish also.
Your comments please.
All the best!!
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I have a Browning rifle with the high gloss finish and I do not like it. Bumps to the stock leave a white bruise that is unsightly and I think repairing these bruises will be difficult without refinishing the whole stock. I prefer an oil finish for ease of maintenance and repair. Peter
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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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I don't care for it either.
Take some fairly corse steel wool and cut the gloss off the stock...I've did every Browning epoxy finished gun I've ever owned.
They look good and there is still enough finish left to protect the wood.
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You can touch up with poly. I cut standard poly about 20% with mineral spirits and use it as wipe on poly. The wipe on poly sold in stores is to soft and wears out in a year of use.
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I also did what Homeless did but I used 000 stell wool, I got a nice satin finish.
I believe I read that the Browning type finish is one of the most moisture resistant, if not a traditional look.
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I like the "slackum" oil recipes passed on here by the British Invasion and I like it with some build and strong sheen if not exactly a poured plastic shine. I had reasonably good results touching up a sixties Diana Field by filling dings with clear nail polish, cutting down and rubbing out. However that particular finish did not show the typical white polyurethane bruising probably because it wasn't.
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If you only have a couple of small nicks to deal with, you can hide the whitish poly bruising by scraping around the ding with an X-Acto knife and then touching up with stain on an artist's brush. When dry, seal the stain with a bit of thinned shellac, then build up the ding with more poly, cut and polish to suit.
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Jack if I remember right the finish used by Browning in the 50s and 60s was lacquer.
Jim
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The finish of the Citori and BSS (pistol grip only) was a polyurethane. My recollection is that I read somewhere it was DuPont Imron.
Personally, I don't care much for it as it is usually too thickly applied for my tastes.
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