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Originally Posted by Phil Yearout
Ha! Am I the first guy to have the problem or to be concerned about it? Guess I assumed others had run into this before.
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It is pretty common. Some guns experience it, some dont. I do not know what chemically goes on that causes it. It can happen with caps and buttplates.
I once tried to put an original lefever buttplate in boiling water to soften it to help it confirm to the curved butt of a stock. Just like you would with modern urethane plastic. The plate instantly oxidized in the hot water. Which is why I did not recommend ultrasonic cleaning.
If it is in fact chemical oxidation, possibly a rust removing solution may have an effect. But I am sure it is not the same thing as rusting metal.
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