Originally Posted by
contender1
To answer the OP,, yes,, I have seen a gun stock made out of black locust wood.
A good friend of mine is a "tree man" He's the guy you call when you want a tree removed. He's the "aerial" guy. He rides a crane, or climbs. He tops, sections etc. One of the best I've ever seen.
And he has property he's been cutting & clearing trees & such from for years. He sells some, and he also has a bunch that he's taken to a sawmill, and had cut to his specs. He has a building for drying & curing etc.
He also enjoys Remington Model 788 rifles. He has made a stock out of black locust for one of his rifles. He picked a piece of wood that had some yellow AND black coloring in it. It actually turned out pretty nice. he did say he sharpened his tools more than normal when working it.
If I can catch up to him, I'll see about a picture.