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Offline moleeyes36

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Cherry wood stocks
« on: July 27, 2013, 05:07:38 PM »
A friend of mine and I were discussing a planned project of his, which is a Kentucky pistol.  He's considering using cherry for the stock and was curious about how common cherry stocks were on original American made guns.  I don't recall seeing pictures of American made guns using cherry, though there undoubtedly were some.  How commonly was cherry used in this country and was it mostly confined to a particular region or style of gun?  Thanks.
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Re: Cherry wood stocks
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2013, 05:23:26 PM »
Considerable cherry used in N.E.
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Re: Cherry wood stocks
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2013, 04:27:06 PM »
i have a "smoothrifle" stocked in cherry, stained fairly dark. I really like it. Lighter than maple, about like walnut.

I used a LOT of cherry when I was still building "studio furniture." You can get some really amazing figure in cherry--curl, catspaw, quilting, etc. It's worth looking at.
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Re: Cherry wood stocks
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2013, 10:59:26 PM »
If you look in Grinslade's fowler book, a majority of the NE fowlers were stocked in cherry.  I see no reason why pistols would not be.
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