StrengthĮUROPEAN WALNUT (Juglans Regia): Other Common Names: Akrot, Ancona Auverge, Austrian Walnut, Basilikon, Carua, Caryon, Charmagz, Caucasion Walnut, Circassian (area in Caucasus/Black Sea) Walnut, Englische Wallnuss, English Walnut, European Walnut, French Walnut, Gemeine Wallnuss, Italian Walnut, Jaoz, Nogal, Nogal America, Nogal Comun, Noyer, Persian Walnut, Persicon, Russian Walnut, Turkish Walnut, etc. Stock blanks are submitted to the customer ready for their locating machines.Īs you will note from the following information, American Black Walnut is undisputedly harder and stronger than European Walnut. American Walnut Company can also provide blanks, machined on both faces, and profiled to a specific size. The dried blanks, with absolutely no warpage or grain separation, are then reinspected, packaged and ready to be loaded.Īmerican Walnut Company wood technologists and designers have engineered standard patterns as well as custom patterns to provide our customers with the most efficient use of the wood blanks. The kiln dried blanks are then inspected for any drying flaws that would occur during the drying process.
The blanks are equalized and conditioned to prevent any internal stress. American Walnut Company kiln dries each individual blank with a tolerance of approximately 3%. The flawless blanks are scientifically kiln dried over a specific schedule, which could last as long as eight months.
They are then planed to an equal thickness and dipped in hot wax to prevent rapid drying and checking. A third inspection is conducted after the blanks are cut. Original hard rubber buttplate and grip cap on buttstock. Plain walnut stock, forearm with latch release. Worn metal finish with dark spotting and scattered pitting, old cold blue finish. Pattern makers reinspect the wood and trace patterns to include the highest quality grain and color. 12 Gauge fair bore, good stock, 32'' barrel, Circa early 1900s manufacture. To maximize the grain qualities specified by customers, each log is opened by the chief sawyer, an exceptional judge of walnut.Ĭut walnut is inspected for defects. Each American Walnut Company log is labeled with an inventory control tag to assure timely cutting and to negate premature drying and checking from undue exposure to the weather. The purchaser MUST have a competent, licensed gunsmith evaluate the firearm for safety prior to firing live ammunition.American Walnut CompanyAmerican black walnut logs are harvested exclusively from mature (30-50 years old) trees grown in the five state region of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma and Nebraska. The purchaser and whoever the purchaser allows to use pre-owned, used, vintage, curio and relic or antique firearms/weapons assumes all liability for minor injury, serious injury, or death from use of firearms/weapons, regardless of what end of the barrel you or others are viewing. The value of the firearm will be returned once is has arrived at our store location. If the firearm is returned the buyer must pay shipping costs. We allow a three day NON-FIRE visual inspection for all firearms. If you have any questions that go beyond the photos or description please send us a message with specific questions BEFORE bidding on an item. Please refer to the item description and the item pictures PRIOR to bidding. Please check your state and local laws and regulations before bidding. Shipments within Florida are subject to a 7% sales tax. Your item will ship the NEXT day after payment is cleared and FFL is received, or the next Tuesday if payment and FFL are received on Friday or Saturday states excluding California, New York, and Chicago If payments are not received within 10 business days, the item will be relisted and the transaction will be considered cancelled. Please add 3% for credit card purchases.Ĭhecks will be held for 15 days to ensure clearance. postal money order, certified check, and credit card. The mechanism cycles and functions but no test-firing was done. The finish on the receiver is also worn and there are superficial scratches along the receiver. The squirrel and the checkering are worn.
The buttplate is the original Hopkins and Allen buttplate with the squirrel in the center.
WALNUT STOCK FOR HOPKINS AND ALLEN SHOTGUNS CRACK
There is one small crack on the stock where the receiver slots into the stock. The forearm and stock are walnut and are in beautiful condition. The finish on the outside of the barrel is very worn but the metal is clean with no rust or pitting on the outside. This is a break action shotgun that was made in between the years 1902 to 1914.
Description: This is a Hopkins and Allen Forehand 12 gauge.