The top gun is done in Juglans regia from Turkey. The bottom gun is done in a rather (too) fancy piece of Juglans Hindsii, "Western Black Walnut" from a wild tree cut in Oregon. I normally would not use the latter type of wood prefering Juglans regia or nigra but I bought it in a lot of blanks and decided to try it. It didn't look nearly as fancy in the blank! Unfortunately, I am about out of usable blanks of pile of French grown Teyssier supplied Juglans regia that I bought from an old gunsmith in the UK 20 years ago-great wood for D grade Parkers. I am also fond of the "franquette" strain of California grown Juglans regia.
Both of these guns were originally pistol grips and their original stocks, fore ends and trigger guards are packed away for the next keeper. Right now, I only have one stocking project in the works, a 3 barrel set 10g Mag and 12g Mag Lindner Daly using one of the last pieces of the French lot.
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