I have been told that Fox Sterlingworth stocks cannot be successfully bent due to the use of American Walnut. Graded Fox's are more amenable to bending due to the use of English Walnut. Do you all concur?
If American walnut is not amenable to bending, does that therefor mean that stock's of L.C.Smith's, Lefever's, Winchester M21 and 23, Ithaca, and Parker's cannot be successfully bent? I don't know what wood was used to stock these guns-just assuming it's American Walnut.
On a slight tangent-does bending a stock negatively impact the gun's collector value?
Thanks
