DustyGmt
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Just lamenting a lil bit about what happened last spring and would like to save others some grief if I can.
If you have a beloved shotgun (or any rifle for that matter) with the glossy wood/poly finish, like the famous RWK/DuPont "Bowling Pin" finish, that was actually used on bowling pins to withstand hard wear and maintain the "Gloss" after lots of hard use. Evidently some of the best finished wood stocks from Remington used a DuPont formula that was only produced by a factory in (Illinois? Iirc) up until the early 70's or so, but anyway.....
Lots of companies used proprietary finishes on quality wood back in the day and if you're lucky, you've managed not to futz up your finish by doing what I did.
This is my offense, it was spring, the gnats, mosquitos and biting flies were out in full force on my first trap outing last spring so I sprayed my neck, face and arms with some of that bug repellent made by "Off" that sprays on dry. It was about 80°F and I was a lil sweaty but didn't think much of it, at the end of the shoot, I wiped my gun down and put it away.
Fast forward to the following week, I pull my 870 TB with beautiful wood and glossy bowling pin finish from my rifle case to find my beautiful high gloss finish has been ruined and is very splotchy and dull, apparently as a result of using bug repellent. This may be common knowledge to some, but I had no idea. I was pretty bummed so I reached out to a guy on my squad whose whole career is refinishing and restoring wood and he said that he would bring it back to it's former glory.
Just a word of warning to you guys shooting guns with high gloss or "bowling pin" Remington's, don't spray on bug spray before a shoot. Your beautiful gun might not be so nice the next time you see it......
If you have a beloved shotgun (or any rifle for that matter) with the glossy wood/poly finish, like the famous RWK/DuPont "Bowling Pin" finish, that was actually used on bowling pins to withstand hard wear and maintain the "Gloss" after lots of hard use. Evidently some of the best finished wood stocks from Remington used a DuPont formula that was only produced by a factory in (Illinois? Iirc) up until the early 70's or so, but anyway.....
Lots of companies used proprietary finishes on quality wood back in the day and if you're lucky, you've managed not to futz up your finish by doing what I did.
This is my offense, it was spring, the gnats, mosquitos and biting flies were out in full force on my first trap outing last spring so I sprayed my neck, face and arms with some of that bug repellent made by "Off" that sprays on dry. It was about 80°F and I was a lil sweaty but didn't think much of it, at the end of the shoot, I wiped my gun down and put it away.
Fast forward to the following week, I pull my 870 TB with beautiful wood and glossy bowling pin finish from my rifle case to find my beautiful high gloss finish has been ruined and is very splotchy and dull, apparently as a result of using bug repellent. This may be common knowledge to some, but I had no idea. I was pretty bummed so I reached out to a guy on my squad whose whole career is refinishing and restoring wood and he said that he would bring it back to it's former glory.
Just a word of warning to you guys shooting guns with high gloss or "bowling pin" Remington's, don't spray on bug spray before a shoot. Your beautiful gun might not be so nice the next time you see it......
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