Remington 510, 511, 512 - 1947 Stock Finish

[usabaker]

Greetings all, I recently added abused Remington 514 made in 1950 (AWW) does anyone know what type of finish was put on these stocks of these rifles and that of the Remington 510, 511, and 512's made in the 40's? I've been unable to find this information and since I live on the other side of the US I can't get to the Remington archives.

Oh.. I'm not refinishing these rifles It's just information that I need to build a history file on these rifles. Thank you...

Thank you,

Bill

[usabaker]

Well from more investigation it looks as though Remington started using Nitrocellulose Lacquer with a toner dye mixed in (Toner Lacquer) sometime late in the 20's or early 30's until it was displaced some time in the lates 50's by polyurethane. I tested the (inconspicuous area) finish on my 1947 Remington 510 and my 1950 514 and the finish melted off with plain Lacquer thinner and the wood was a lighter color indicating it was indeed Toner Lacquer.

However, I think toner lacquer was only used on the 'lower' end consumer firearms as the finish on my Remington Model 12 is not lacquer.

[nambujim]

It was indeed a nitrocellulose lacquer made by DuPont, mostly at their plant in Chicago on Elston Avenue but some was made at their plant in Parlin, NJ. under the "Duco" trademark, I used to know the exact product number of the "base" lacquer but age apparently has wiped that portion of my memory cells clean.

OH..............you are probably wondering why they would make the lacquer in Chicago and ship it east. Its because the Nitrocellulose was made at the Dupont Explosives plant in Seneca, IL. Both the Chicago Elston Avenue Plant and the Seneca Explosives plant have long been shut down.

Jim Peterson
Charlotte, NC

[usabaker]

Jim, Great infromation and just what I was looking for. Thank you for the help.

Bill