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Dark dirty wood
Heavy rust patches on about 10 locations and light rust on the corners of most barrel flats
Some of the rust had the clear patterns of fabric
So it has been in a canvas case at some stage for a long time
But the underlying quality was there and the bore was a huge bonus.
I have cleaned worse than this stock, but this is easily the best walnut that's been hiding on one of my projects
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