Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 7376
Loc: Garden Valley, Idaho
That's a good question. I haven't seen oak, pecan or hickory used as a handle material either. Walnut, Osage Orange, sycamore and so on, show up, but not the oaks. Must be a cracking issue.
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Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com