Well, the colors are so bright and the orange tones look a lot like the blanks I have of claro and also the claro lumber I just got from California. I also have a blank that was sold to me as black and it is very bright and looks a lot like some of the wood on the Parker reproductions.
I find it strange that most wood dealers insist that claro was not used as gunstocks much before the late 50's or early 60's even though there was a lot of it available in some really big trees long before that.
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