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Anyone ever stock a rifle in Rosewood? Would love to see some pictures! The two I've found two on the net and they look pretty cool.
https://doantrevor.com/2013/08/22/3000-mauser-with-rosewood-stock-complete/
https://www.morphyauctions.com/jamesdjul...od-stock-47615/

Here's another Henry.
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/67/1034/new-haven-arms-co-henry-rifle

Rosewood for gun stocks. I do think this is going down the road of what do we give the man who has everything, eye candy may be?
Rosewood does not have a lot going for it in reality for gun stocks, it is far heavier when you compare it with walnut it does not stand up to shock very well, easy stock cast changing could be between no chance and disaster. Maybe it could be the end for the light traditional English splinter fore end straight hand stock carry me all day game gun if it became popular. More importantly it is slow growing most varieties are on the CITES in danger or protected list. IMHO not for us folks who live in the real world and shoot working guns, it is for those who have more money than synaptic gap function.
Finally the worlds gunmakers for better or worse have had the choice of timbers from the worlds vast array of potential gun stock timber's though Walnut is still the first go to choice, that must mean something mustn't it?

I thought Banana boxes were Perazzi's first choice?

What about Bird's Eye Maple and Birch for very cheap mass produced guns such as air rifles?

Walnut has to be favourite.

Next time you see a discarded rosewood banana box I'd like to know about it.

SRH

Stan ,
Do I detect a Perazzi collector ?
No accounting for taste , even when poor.

So I guess my question should have been, �If you happened upon a blank of rosewood big enough to make into a rifle stock, what do you do with it?�

In that case I would turn all of it into Victorian pattern guncase Turnscrews with a few Flintlock versions thrown in for good measure. Though I would have to be dishonest enough to say they where all genuine. The consequences would be that it would make a number of people happy rather than just one. Though my bank manager may get that glint of human kindness in that glass eye of his when I deposit the profits of my enterprise.

I have a 338-06 AI that was stocked with one of the old Herter's rosewood stocks, many years ago. The stock is very dark and there is enough "oil" in the wood that it is it's own finish( just polish it). The weight is appreciated on the 338, but I wouldn't want it on a lighter caliber rifle. The question about rosewood being "controlled"
is well taken;just ask "Gibson Guitar".
Mike

There are a bunch of different woods that're called Rosewood. If someone could confirm that it's Brazilian Rosewood, and it's legal, maybe it would be worth multiple quality walnut blanks.