Talking about the guns so much better than the other guff.

Well spotted. I definitely think so. Maybe our expert gunmakers can comment or confirm. I think it is a terrible piece of wood for a .470. I would never choose it.

I reopened this thread to use the photos for a NE facebook series of pretty picture posts. Scheduled to come up are these images:

Shows lots of curly gnurly grain throughout the pistol grip or wrist. Should have some nice straight flowing grain here IMO.

But the area has been strengthened with extended tang right into the comb and an extension of the trigger guard metal to the grip cap.

BTW what is the correct name for this metal extension ie the trigger guard to grip cap metal? I have a mental blank on it. I assume the top metal is called an extended tang?

I would like to use these images to explain some terms so getting them perfect from the beginning would be a good idea.