Originally Posted By: Chuck H
I don't ever recall seeing a gun with too nice wood on it. However, I have run across many a 60's 70's nouveau-esk overstyled stocks like the one below. For some reason this styling with hugely flared gripcaps and butts with overly curved rollover cheekrests was the rage. Hideous looking to me.


Chuck, That is an "Anton" stock. His distinguishing marks were the exaggerated rollover comb and the rosewood inlaid grip cap. They are somewhat of a collector item since Anton is now gone.

I sort of inherited one of these in a left hand stock on a Perazzi I bought that had belonged to a dear and deceased left handed friend. I got the gun from the simple estate. He died with little and no real family. The stock shoots very well on a trap gun. In fact, I have become quite fond of it. Mine has pretty fancy claro which I have seen on other Antons. But, you sure would not want it on a classic double or any such gun. Regards, Craig


R. Craig Clark
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