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Winchester forearm
Yesterday at 10:56am
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What material is the black insert in the Winchester forend?
  
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Re: Winchester forearm
Reply #1 - yesterday at 11:24am
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I made one from the Buffalo horn that Joe Dobrynski sells.  I believe ebony is used as well. Cutting or power sanding the horn results in a lovely smell.
  
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Reply #2 - yesterday at 12:10pm
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I’m going to re finish an original forend. Thinking of using a stripper to take off the old finish but wondering if I need to protect the insert. I’m not sure if it’s ebony, horn, or some kind of early synthetic material.
  
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Reply #3 - yesterday at 4:40pm
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Jim, sand a small area on the insert first , there should be a greyish 
Colored dust if ebony. But I bet it’s ebony if all original.
  
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