Really neat gun. The stock looks like beech to me.
I thought so too, but I'm going to guess at probably cherry......but maybe not. :o
DBoone thought light colored walnut. Any chance its Butternut? I heard a story of one of the Gillespie's using "white walnut" to make gun stock. I have been told that white Walnut was butternut and was sometimes used to make southern mountain rifles. I can not back that up but here is how it looks:
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hearnehardwoods.com%2Fhardwoods%2Fexotic_hardwoods%2Fdomestic_wood%2Fbutternut_lumber%2Fbutternut_title.jpg&hash=30cc09df207b6ee1f710d15c84a299fe13c5773f)
Dennis
Really neat gun. The stock looks like beech to me.
I thought so too, but I'm going to guess at probably cherry......but maybe not. :o
DBoone thought light colored walnut. Any chance its Butternut? I heard a story of one of the Gillespie's using "white walnut" to make gun stock. I have been told that white Walnut was butternut and was sometimes used to make southern mountain rifles. I can not back that up but here is how it looks:
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hearnehardwoods.com%2Fhardwoods%2Fexotic_hardwoods%2Fdomestic_wood%2Fbutternut_lumber%2Fbutternut_title.jpg&hash=30cc09df207b6ee1f710d15c84a299fe13c5773f)
Dennis
I'm guessing there has to be a way to know for sure.