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75 cal. Cherry stocked fowler
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How does it shoot? How's does it pattern. I'm going to put in an order from Jim Chambers for a 10 gauge New England fowler this week. I'm just trying to decide on which wood, cherry or walnut. I may have it jugg choked to full for a turkey gun. I'm trying to locate a smith who can jugg choke the barrel.
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Hello Reactor, the cherry wood ages into a light tan with thin dark stripes where the hard grain is, at least that's how it looked on a half stock fowler I saw dated 1831 that had a bad wrist break and was expertly repaired. It was a 16 ga IIRC. The cherry I would hesitate to use on a 10 guage for fear of recoil damage, but I may be wrong. Walnut, and especially maple seem to be stronger to me, but nothing looked 'Old Timey' better than that cherry stock. It was like something I had seen before, and couldn't put my finger on it. On the other hand, I have sat at a cherry table over 200 yrs old and it looked almost new, perhaps from being inside, perhaps refinished? I think cherry is a gorgeous wood, but I've never built a gun from it. Just my limited experience talking, good luck and if you do build a cherry stocked gun, let us see it! George
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Though I love American Black Walnut for gun stocks and furniture, I would not suggest it for your intended build. English Walnut or Maple would be stronger and a better choice for that gun, IMO.
Gus
I have posted this one here a couple of times before, but here is a Marshfield fowler built for me by Mike Brooks and stocked in cherry upon our mutual agreement. Barrel is a .75/11-gauge from Colerain.
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Very Nice Bill!!!!
Thanks Jerry. In discussing the build with Mike, we both agreed on features that might be in line with the desires of a very thrifty Plymouth/Puritan descendant, hence the choice of cherry, and lack of buttplate.
