The rifle i was refering to had a very small spot or two that had rust and the rest of the metal was fine.I was wondering if the rifle might have been hunted in the rain to cause the couple spots,they were not real bad,Maybe the stock is not a saltwood since the whole bottom metal was not crusted up with rust?Just didnt know what to look for...the older brownings seem to be nice rifles,I just never have seen one built into a custom rifle,the action is crf and looks to be just like a mauser,are the older guns in general better built than current production in all the major factory offerings.........