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Hello mates, this is my new stock on my Army&Navy shotgun, i have been keeping this wood for 15 years at my storage until i fell in love with this shotgun and decided i should put it on her. What do u think of the wood and the stockmakers work? Will soon post the pictures of the gun when the work is completed. Still waiting for the bone buttplate i ordered for the rear of the stock.

Regards

Kem, I think wood is super nice.Though the grain doesn't look that straight through the wrist & head, as some say is important for strength.
Is the gold tear drop raised or flat?..looks flat.I'm not sure I like that instead of the trad' wood TDrop.
But of course you do, so you should be well pleased indeed with such a nicely stocked, & pretty Gun
shoot her in good health
cheers
rog

The tear drop is flat mate thanks for your kind words and the comment!

All the best,

Kem

I've had several stocks made and from what I know, that wood should be fine for your gun. It's likely not straight enough in the grip for a sidelock, but you used it on a boxlock. It is very pretty IMO.

I just thought the wrist on through the head should , to be "Perfect" grain wise , be kinda straight, like in line with the bbls
On this one , the grain at from the grip to the head seems more like 45*, I'd heard that that could cause cracking under recoil, regardless of if its a BL or SL, obviously more so with the thin upper n lower horns on a SL.But the Butt sure is pretty.
It looks super nice, but he did ask for thoughts,
But I'm not a stock maker either
Nice looking Gun mate
Franc

Well, all I can say to that Franc, is I have a similar blank of French walnut, cut in the 70's that I have been saving for a boxlock project. I would recommend Kem to shoot low pressure loads in his gun, but I doubt if his vintage A&N is made for 3" magnums anyway. I think Kem will be ok with his wood for this particular gun.

Buzz,
please believe me that I wasn't trying to rain on the guys parade...but I have seen so many posts about stock head grain here on this board, people seem to like straight grain from grip to head, with the figure in butt end
Not being picky, he just asked for comments, & that was the only thing I could see wrong...the wood is killer!
NO OFFENCE to any one meant.OK?
franc

I know that Franc.....you are one of the most humble, least offensive persons here. Really though, I think Kem will be ok with that blank. I've seen brand spanking new high grade K-80's less straight than Kem's. Yeah, the straighter the better for both sidelocks and boxlocks both, but it is far more critical with sidelocks and trigger plate guns than for a boxlock. I'm guessing Kem won't have a problem if he's sensible with his loads. PS, I'm not trying to be argumentative.

Buzz, thanks for that.
I'm not that humble, am I?...could be seen as a sign of weakness, lol....like saying Sorry.
I just have a couple or three nice sxs guns & dearly love them,their history (being a Brit) n others that I'll never own.
Best to you & the owner of that nice A&N BL with the sweet wood
cheers.

franc

I thank a lot for the comments of both of you guys Franc & Buzz, The gun has 2 1/2" chambers as most of the british shotguns of her era . I have couple more british sxs shotguns and i use 30g loads max even in cold weather. Even in my 2 3/4" chambered pigeon gun, i use max 32g loads and i am really sensitive about this issue I really thank for the nice comments and being helpful for both of you guys,i am gonna post pictures soon in an old thread of mine regarding the maker of this particular A&N shotgun since i bought the records and the maker of the gun is unkown .

All the best!!

Kem