The silver rifle

[Brithunter]

Really I never knew that  it's been used as a wood conditioner for generations and helps feed the wood. Kiln dried wood seems to need it more than air dried wood. We just fitted a new Ash handle to Dad's fork as an idiot borrowed it and lent on it so hard he broke the handle and straightened on of the tines. The new handle was rever so white until several coats of BLO was applied and allowed to sink in and it shows every inidcation of shedding the rain so far  although I notice it's got a film of mud on it right now so I will need to clean it off and apply more oil before winter sets in and maybe even apply a coat of stock wax. The old handle was not rotten and broke from abuse even though for the last couple of years it has been left out in all watehrs as Dad cannot walk very well so leaves it just outside the patio door so he can lean on the fork and sapde instead of his sticks to toddle over to the vegtable patch. He brought the fork in about 1968 and I fulley expected it to last him out and probably me too if it had not been for that idiot "professional" 

Although I have used BLO to finish a stock I normally use stock oils whichalthough BLO based have additives that make them work better in this application. My favorite kit oil is no longer available and was one used to finsih a beautifel London type finish on my Brno ZKK 601 which has withstood all the element have thrown at us. After one particularly wet Muntjac stalk I had to remove the stock the get the water out from under the action as it was running out of the bottom of the magazine as we waited for the Deer to come out and feed. We were rewarded by a nice eating young Buck  but I had to change into dry clothes for the 100 mile drive home that evening  .

[Tunaman]

I don't know how many of you hunt near the coast but if you are anywhere near saltwater, Stainless is very nice. It will certanly rust if you are completly careless, but no where near as quickly as blued barrels. For that reason, I have bothj in my safe. When I hunt in the marsh or swamp at home, I carry Stainless and when I hunt in a Dry or salt free area, I hunt with a blued rifle. My truck gun is most certanly stainless.