Attached is a Exhibition Claro walnut that I purchased Green from a now deceased wood guy (Don Cantwell) in Chico Ca. I bought it in in 1986 and it aged until 1998 when I used it to restock a Merkel Model 47S while I was stationed in Germany. Unfortunately, per my german stocker, the grain flow wasn't perfect in the wrist area and he therefore made it thicker in the wrist then the 47S stock was. That made the gun just not feel right for a 20 gauge bird gun and I sold it shortly after I returned to the states. It was however an super piece of feather Crotch walnut for sure.


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