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Originally Posted by John Campbell
Regardless of its proof, please keep in mind that the wood of your gun is at least 115 years old. That means it's dry. And not as strong as it was in 1901.
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I keep reading this old dry wood stuff and methinks that's been written so often it's almost treated as fact, period. I fully understand that oil soaked wood becomes softer, and also that old wood is drier and thus is easier to split (as in another American gun maker's design that creates a wedging force when under recoil). But will someone PLEASE explain the
scientific basis for old wood not being as strong under compression, as in a boxlock like a Parker, Fox or other similar design? That would go a long way toward confirming the caution - or dispelling the myth.