Foto Friday - Stock Wood

[Dave Fuller]

There's some discussion about Repro stock wood over in that section of the site. It made me think rather than start another photo thread on dogs or fishing (two of my favorites) I'd throw out stock wood. Here's a repro with a fiddle-back stock that I always thought was attractive.

[Greg Baehman]

I have posted this pic previously of my Po' Man's 28/.410 Parker. It's a 28-ga. 2-bbl. set Parker Repro with a set of 28 ga. to .410 Chambermates. This gun features a most unusual and seldomly encountered grain pattern of the stock aptly called "Quilted Claro". The checkerboard wood pattern of the stock changes from light to dark and vice versa upon viewing it from different angles.

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[Derrick Stewart]

Dave,

Nice stick of wood. I am no expert by no means but most of the repro guns i've seen have the light colored wood which I personally do not like. Your's is an unsual piece to say the least.

[Dave Suponski]

Derrick,I have agree with you on that one.The wood on both these guns are beautiful. I am a dark wood kinda guy...I looked for a while before I found one I liked.

Dave,What is that that you have in the trigger guard bow?

[Derrick Stewart]

When I had the money to buy one I could not find one to my liking and spec's, DT, SF and PG. The DT is the hard part and I ended up spending the money on something else.

[Dave Fuller]

The "Super-Magnum" in the trigger guard bow is an 8-inch 12 gauge round that I got from Michael McIntosh (haha) Actually, it was given to me by a friend that worked at Winchester's Alton, IL shotshell plant. Its a dummied up round that is great to whip out on a pheasant trip when the birds a flushing wild and out of range.

I like the fiddle-back because it is so hard that you could hit it with a hammer and not dent it.

[Dave Suponski]

Dave, That fiddleback is stunning! Don,t let Destry see that shell :duck:

Derrick,I too was looking for a DT,SPL.Pistol grip gun. But I figured what the hell two out of three ain,t bad. :)

[Fred Preston]

Hardly as fine as Dave's wood, but unusual on a 10-22.

[Greg Baehman]

Here's my late-season-glove-wearing-cold-weather carry gun. A 28-ga. single trigger Repro with fiddleback. If you look closely, you can see a couple of the longitudinal grain threads in each side of the stock are fire-engine red in color. It seems that whenever Parker Repros are discussed on internet bulletin boards the "internet experts" warn others to stay away from ST Repros---this one has never missed a beat. :cheers:

[Dave Suponski]

Greg,Very,very nice! Is it just my imagination or was the stock shield placed more forward on Repros than on original Parkers?

[Greg Baehman]

Dave, I just compared the stock shield location of 5 Repros to 2 originals. Three of the Repros, one 12 and two 28's and the two originals have the stock shield in about the same location ~4 1/2" from the toe to the center of the shield. The other two Repros, a 28 and a 20, the center of the shield is ~3 1/4" from the toe.

[Dave Suponski]

Greg,With all this Repro talk I had to take the 28 out for a ride at the gun club.God I love shooting that gun :) I measured the stock shield on mine .Its 4 1/2" from the butt. I guess its just my imagination...Thanks for measuring your guns.

[Kenny Graft]

Can anyone name the wood types represented here??/ thanks Kenny

[Dean Romig]

These are my two 28 ga Repros. The SG, SFE is choked imp/mod with 26" barrels while the PG, BTFE is choked Q1/Q2 with 26" barrels.
Well, I've got to be honest - the PG BTFE is the gun I bought for Kathy but (shhhh, don't tell Kathy) I shoot it at skeet and have really grown to covet it. I'm really going to miss it after I replace the stock to one that fits her better.

[Joe Bernfeld]

You got two gorgeous ones, Dean. Years ago I owned a 2 bbl 20 ga Repro set with the most eye-poppingly beautiful piece of dark, heavily burled wood I have ever seen. Sold it to buy a Beretta, which I love, but I wish I still had that Parker. They did put some great wood on some of those Reproductions! This pic is of my 28 ga DT/PG/BT/26" Q1,Q2 Repro, which I've since refinished with oil. I'll try to take a pic (the one I have now is too big to post) in order to show just what an incredible improvement refinishing those guns to oil makes.
Joe

[Dave Fuller]

Here's the wood on my Sporting Clays model, its kind of a "marble cake style" almost too knotty in my opinion.

[Dave Fuller]

Some can be very plain. Here's the wood on a double trigger 12 that I sold and wish I hadn't.

[Dean Romig]

Dave, that's what is known as 'burl' and is desirable as long as it isn't in the wrist area.

[Bruce Day]

The first two pictures are a B, the third and fourth are C's. The first C was initially sold to Tryon in Philadelphia. The B and the last C are western guns from the start and have always been out here. Every once in a while we can find a good gun out here on the plains.

All Circassian walnut.

[Bob Jurewicz]

Here are two pics of the wood on my all original CHE 16. The wood is just as dark as these pictures show.
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[Dave Fuller]

Here's an interesting stick of black walnut on a P grade. I like this stock because it changes with the light. Interesting piece of wood.

[Kenny Graft]

These are from my collection. Gun at the top is a 20/16 set with the factory repro 16ga barrels in place. Gun 2nd from the top is a biutiful SG 28ga. two barrel set. 3rd fro top is my shooter 20ga 28" M/F. 4th is a 410/28 set all have DT and 14 3/8 pull. I can pick anyone of them and shoot them the same, thay all fit me the same! sweet...thanks All Kenny Graft SXS...ohio

[Bob Jurewicz]

This is my favorite repro wood. Its on a 12G, St Sk, beavertail, DT and 14 3/4" LOP.
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