lignum vitae is good for whatever. But sonoran desert ironwood is something else (Olneya tesota). You may not like it on rifles, but I do. Black wood is sort of blah in my opinion. Little pieces like wedges in highwalls are fine, but big honking noses on the front end of a rifle stock are a bit much.

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