Speaking of Cherry....

[rabjr]

Could someone post pic's of a high grade Cherry gunstocked gun? Trying to get an idea what a Cherry stocked gun looks like. Gonna be ordering a blank soon for a New England rifle project.

Thanks!

 

[George Holton]

look at the cherry dining room table . it will be plain and red.also brittle. Had one tip over from a car fender and snapped it, made a fair half stock though.

 

[Roy]

and a highly figured scrap that I was playing with

:thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

brittle?

It was the preferred wood for gunstocks by some local gunsmiths here.

 

[rabjr]

Haha shoulda known you coulda hooked me up with pic's, thanks Roy.

 

[Stophel]

Though it's not fancy, here's a "real" one...

Don't stain it dark!!!!!! :nono: I beg you!

 

[rabjr]

No worrys there, not really into dark stained wood. I'd rather the wood show off it's figure the best way possible.

 

[Roy]

Don't stain it dark!!!!!! :nono: I beg you!

I had to do it!!!! :haha: The first one has no stain on it though.

 

[JoelH]

And here's another "real" one.

 

[JoelH]

Pennsylvania Cherry!

 

[Roy]

Nice... can you get a couple of close up pics of the butt and lock area?

 

[ricklandes]

I AGREE WITH THE CAUTION OF THE DARK STAIN, CHEERY BY NATURE WILL CONTINUE TO DARKEN WITH AGE!!!

 

[Wehrmacht]

American Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) is an excellent stock wood. It was the wood of choice for stocks in much of New England, and it's what I selected for the New England Fowler that I'm having built now. Almost all original fowlers made in New England that I have seen were stocked in cherry. Occasionally I'll run across an original Southern Rifle stocked in cherry also :winking:

Rick is correct about cherry's habit of darkening up with age. I've paneled two rooms in my house with cherry, and it's darkened up a little more than I would prefer.

 

[Mike Brooks]

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As you can see, I like dark cherry. :winking:
I'm working on a chambers officers fusil at the moment in cherry, in fact it's done.... I've also got a Carolina gun in the line up with a cherry stock. I didn't intend to use cherry for the carolina gun, but that's the way it turned out. :shake:
I find cherry a little soft for any highly detailed relief carving, otherwise it's an excellent wood for gunstocks. :thumbsup:

 

[Stophel]

Cherry varies as widely in quality as walnut does. I'm picky about cherry. I have two blanks here that I picked out that are HARD....every bit as hard as sugar maple, and very, very heavy. I also have one light as a feather and soft as red maple....

 

[Mike Brooks]

Cherry varies as widely in quality as walnut does. I'm picky about cherry. I have two blanks here that I picked out that are HARD....every bit as hard as sugar maple, and very, very heavy. I also have one light as a feather and soft as red maple....

Oh, I guess I'll agree with you. :haha: The reason I stated what I did is because of the officers gun I just finished, soft stuff, pretty annoying. I assume it was cut out east somewhere. Now, the cherry I get cut here in Iowa is hard stuff, never had a soft piece that was cut in this area. It will take any carving you can put on it.

 

[rabjr]

Thanks guys!

I don't think there will be any carving on this one. Just some wire inlay work duplicating an original stock I have here I got from Joe. :thumbsup:

 

[JoelH]

Roy, here are a couple more pics you asked for.

 

[Roy]

Thanks :thumbsup:

 

[DrTimboone]