Foto Friday - Stock Wood

[Wild Skies]

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.

[Autumn Daze]

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.

[SXS OHIO]

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

[Rod N. Gunn]

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

[Rod N. Gunn]

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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