Persian percussion gun repair.

DaleH · 12th February 2019, 04:42 PM

Very curious as to WHY the spliced stocks? Looking at the wide butt on the last one posted, it appears not to be wood source related. If you recall, Japanese arms are routinely spiced in the wide butt as their native sourced woods were not plentiful enough to field all the 1,000s of full-size butt stocks needed. So they economized; makes sense.

And as Dave points out, any part of the forend is just be carried along with the barrel. So if not a ‘wood source/length’ reason, perhaps it was done just to economize on the wood they did have available?

FYI, of the 2 Eastern arms I have, both have spliced forends, but one appears free of any animal/hide glue, where the other clearly separated (due to age).

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12th February 2019, 04:42 PM	#25
DaleH Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: near Boston - USA Posts: 12	Very curious as to WHY the spliced stocks? Looking at the wide butt on the last one posted, it appears not to be wood source related. If you recall, Japanese arms are routinely spiced in the wide butt as their native sourced woods were not plentiful enough to field all the 1,000s of full-size butt stocks needed. So they economized; makes sense. And as Dave points out, any part of the forend is just be carried along with the barrel. So if not a ‘wood source/length’ reason, perhaps it was done just to economize on the wood they did have available? FYI, of the 2 Eastern arms I have, both have spliced forends, but one appears free of any animal/hide glue, where the other clearly separated (due to age).