According to all the Parker Bros. advertising and catalogs I've seen, imported walnut (Circassian, European, etc.) was only used on Grade 3 and higher and that Grade 2 and lower had American black walnut. In my opinion, American black walnut used on older guns like Parker, Lefever, LC Smith, AH Fox, and several other makers of about a hundred years or so ago looked somewhat different than the black walnut used on more recent guns. Generally speaking the wood used in stock making then was from much older, larger, more mature trees than that used for stocks on more recent guns. Therefor, the grain and figure will have a different look and sometimes the American black walnut used on the older guns can be confused with European or Circassian walnut in appearance.
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