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Hi,British makers rarely used wood other than Juglans regia, also known as English, French, European, Turkish, Circassian, and Italian walnut. Certainly they used some wood from America but not very often. Very few surviving English guns show other woods like maple. As to names on guns, I don't really think the American makers were too worried about that. The Brits likely would not care about small shops that mostly did repair work and occasionally produced complete guns. They would take notice if some colonial town started up a large business manufacturing guns as happened during the Rev War. Many colonial gunsmiths signed their work as well as many who did not. dave
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British makers rarely used wood other than Juglans regia, also known as English, French, European, Turkish, Circassian, and Italian walnut. Certainly they used some wood from America but not very often. Very few surviving English guns show other woods like maple. As to names on guns, I don't really think the American makers were too worried about that. The Brits likely would not care about small shops that mostly did repair work and occasionally produced complete guns. They would take notice if some colonial town started up a large business manufacturing guns as happened during the Rev War. Many colonial gunsmiths signed their work as well as many who did not.
dave
