Foto Friday - Stock Wood
 

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.

..along these same lines...
 

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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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.

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?

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.

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, 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. :)

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

...more stock wood..
 

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:

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