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PHolder
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Is this Gillespie Rifle Cherry?
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April 12, 2024, 10:27:49 PM »
https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=36916.0
Still wrestling with whether to order my Kibler SMR in Cherry or Walnut. Browsing the "museum" I saw this and the stock looks like its cherry.
I love Cherry but recognize most SMRs were walnut. I live in middle TN and you cant swing a dead cat around here without hitting a walnut tree.
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Robin Henderson
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Re: Is this Gillespie Rifle Cherry?
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April 12, 2024, 11:50:41 PM »
If you like cherry, then go for it. I've seen them with all kinds of stock wood. Here is one of Jim's SMRs I put together with a pretty plain cherry stock darkened with oven cleaner. I kind of felt it turned out nice.
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ed lundquist
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Re: Is this Gillespie Rifle Cherry?
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April 13, 2024, 02:19:52 AM »
Don't know how many cherry Lehighs were made but I wanted one so I made one. This is lye, then shellac, then oil. Color seems to get nicer by the day. Do it.
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PHolder
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April 14, 2024, 06:11:42 AM »
Those are two very pretty rifles. Thank you both!!
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