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How dry is dry enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="irishguy" data-source="post: 3017151" data-attributes="member: 40659"><p>If you have wood stocks on your guns, they can and will shrink. I had a Jack Daniel's barrel in my man cave, also used a Woodburner. The barrel shrunk so much that you can see light thru all the staves. It was even painted with a polyurethane. Cant figure out how the wood still dryed out. I am also a gunsmith. I have had to replace a few stocks for customers that split between the action screws. If I finish a wood stock I always put 2 coats of tung oil on EVERY surface, including under the buttplate, barrel channel, and where the action sits. It helps keep it from drying or swelling to much. But extended time in a dry environment will still mess with the wood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="irishguy, post: 3017151, member: 40659"] If you have wood stocks on your guns, they can and will shrink. I had a Jack Daniel's barrel in my man cave, also used a Woodburner. The barrel shrunk so much that you can see light thru all the staves. It was even painted with a polyurethane. Cant figure out how the wood still dryed out. I am also a gunsmith. I have had to replace a few stocks for customers that split between the action screws. If I finish a wood stock I always put 2 coats of tung oil on EVERY surface, including under the buttplate, barrel channel, and where the action sits. It helps keep it from drying or swelling to much. But extended time in a dry environment will still mess with the wood. [/QUOTE]
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