Cherry Pistol Stock

I have used different grades of Maple and one Walnut( which I found not too much fun to work with)to build kentuckey pistols...I have never used Cherry and wonder how it is to work with etc.
Your responses will be appreciated.

Bunky

 

[philo426]

Cherry is pretty but is not as strong as Walnut or Maple.So go for a lighter caliber if you want to make a stock out of Cherry.

 

[Roy]

It'll work more than fine, as long as the grain is running halfway decent it is as strong as the other woods. Most of what I have worked with is easy to carve too.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Years ago, I restocked an old T/C Renegade with a piece of cherry I had on hand. I don't remember any problems working with cherry and it gave a whole new look to the rifle.
As for durability, many fine old guns were stocked in cherry. They've survived hard use for more than 200 years without breaking. New England guns in particular are apt to have cherry stocks. I have a 10 gauge fowler coming in a few months that will have a cherry stock, and I have no worries about its strength or lasting powers. And it will be a handsome gun as well.

 

[54mountain]

I Just built a brass barreled pistol out of cherry, It was my first build and I thought the wood was very easy to work with. I haven't done much with walnut or maple but IMO cherry doesn't splinter near as bad as walnut.