The wood used in those guns is teak aka "rosewood".
For the money I think they are great, but it depends on your needs... they do spark well, are heavier in weight due to the teak and excess wood left on the guns. They also don't taper the barrels like the real Besses were.
Now, as a Scottish reenactor, we toss our muskets down after one shot (AKA the Highland charge) and I'd rather toss a $500-600 musket than a custom one on the ground... like I've been doing with my battered custom musket for the last 11 years... :shake:
I have both a PC custom musket and a MTVC blunderbuss. The MTVC sparks better than my custom fusil, trade gun, or long rifle....
Cheers,
DT
P.S. Loylist Arms imports their guns unfinished so they do the last bit of wood work and finish them with a better wood stain/finish than the Indian made guns would normally come with.
Both companies are good to deal with.
DT