doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com When is wood too gaudy for a stock?

Too much!

I think wood can be too gaudy. To my eye, this is the case with most of the wood you're seeing on nicer guns.

I think part of the problem is the absence of true French walnut. That Turkish stuff is just too cakey. It doesn't look right and I dislike its yellowish hue.

I think a gun's beauty is a sum of its parts. When any one part grabs all the attention - from the engraving on the action to the wood - it's too much.

Elegance is what I appreciate. A lot of what I see today is the gun equivalent of a Rolex Presidential - not me at all.

OWD