The stock is above average walnut and every metal part is bright iron. I'd like to be able to keep it that way, but realistically it will will probably have that fine Friendship Patina in short order.
The only thing I don't like is the (correct) wood ramrod. The barrel is a few inches longer than the Italian and Jap Besses so it might be hard to find an also correct iron replacement. Worse comes to worse I can always buy a Pedersoli replacement rod and have John forge weld an extension on. It's one of the cases where the old methods work better than any modern replacement.
The mold should be here tomorrow and by the weekend I should have everything to try it out.
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