Many thanks for your responses. The shotgun I am buying is a 16 gauge side by with sidelocks. As I mentioned, the gun has European walnut. So, there won't be a heavy loads. This will be used for upland game hunitng. Awhile back I had a 16 gauge boxlock made by August Schuller, which I weasled out of my dad for Christmas in 1975. I bought a piece of marble cake Bastogne walnut from Oakley & Merkley in Sacramento. The forearm was Triple A Black Walnut from Fajen, which my dad had bought around 1963. I know the wood didn't match, but they sure looked pretty. Later on, I bought Fiddleback Claro for my Browning Superposed from the same outfit. Looked real nice on the gun and I didn't have any problems with it. Again, I appreciate all of your comments and I will let you know what I get. Hopefully, i will be able to upload pictures on to this site.

Colin L. Kendall