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eezridr
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Just curious about builders of 5 figure doubles that leave the wood "proud". I never could figure this out. I realize that it there so the gun can be re finished in the future. It just seems "unfinished". I do not know if I have ever seen a upper end gun with proud wood.
I personally like character marks as I can relate to the experience.
Must be that most folks like it that way or the Mfg,s would not deliver them in that fashion.
 
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It just seems "unfinished". I do not know if I have ever seen a upper end gun with proud wood.


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English guns were meant to be sent to their maker at the end of each shooting season for thorough cleaning and any necessary repairs. The climate in England tending towards the damp side meant that refinishing the wood was common. The oil finish was not as durable as some of the modern oil finishes of today. Over the course of say, a twenty year span, the gun could have been refinished a half dozen times. Some sanding is inevitable and the wood is left proud for that reason. If not this way, many of the 100 year old guns you see today would be metal proud, wood below the surface of the metal.


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English guns were meant to be sent to their maker at the end of each shooting season for thorough cleaning and any necessary repairs. The climate in England tending towards the damp side meant that refinishing the wood was common. The oil finish was not as durable as some of the modern oil finishes of today. Over the course of say, a twenty year span, the gun could have been refinished a half dozen times. Some sanding is inevitable and the wood is left proud for that reason. If not this way, many of the 100 year old guns you see today would be metal proud, wood below the surface of the metal.


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I might find it acceptable on a Stevens 311.
 
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