Was at the Orangville gun show this weekend and there was a guy with wood for making your own gun stock. It was in the general shape of a full rifle stock with a tracing of a stock in paint marker.He was asking $1000 for this rosewood stock. Is this that what they should go fore? just curious.
Rosewood stock
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I have a CIL .22 that has a rosewood stock (I refinished it and it definately is rosewood... Brazilian rosewood) anyhow, its great wood and all, but the stock did split prior to my refinishing. I can't imagine paying that much for any piece of wood that size. Rosewood has nice grain which comes out beautifully when stained and laquered, but 1000???? Its not that rare of a wood. I wouldn't even pay 1000.00 for a piece of African Bubinga or some of that Lake superior maple that was sunk for a couple of hundred years. That wood is prized because of the cold water temps, and the fact the water leached out any impurities out of the wood, making it a primo wood for instruments such as drums and violins. I myself wouldn't pay that, but value is in the eye of the buyer. If it was highly figured wood, and you thought you could make a superior stock, I guess whatever floats your boat.
Rosewood is used for pistol grips fairly often. Not so often for rifle stocks. However, where the wood came from usually determines the price. East Indian rosewood blanks runs $350US.
South American woods tend to cost much more. Especially Brazilian rosewood. It's endangered(protected under CITES) and the trees can't be cut anymore. So unless the guy can prove it's Brazilian rosewood, legally obtained(tree cut before 1992), he's nuts.
South American woods tend to cost much more. Especially Brazilian rosewood. It's endangered(protected under CITES) and the trees can't be cut anymore. So unless the guy can prove it's Brazilian rosewood, legally obtained(tree cut before 1992), he's nuts.
I made a rosewood stock for a guy about 10 years ago. It was nice to work with till it was time to finish it. So much oil in the stuff I had to soak it in acetone for a week to get the finish to stick. The hard part was finding a blank. Took about 5 months and if memory serves the blank cost $600.00. When I was done it looked like the stock was made of black moulded plastic. The down side was that the stock weighed 3 times as much as a regular stock. Stuff is like bloody lead. I have never seen a rosewood blank or stock since. It would make nice clubs but it’s to heavy for gunstocks. 
) Rod
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I'd like to see Horatio Cains sunglasses pull a stunt like that !
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I'd like to see Horatio Cains sunglasses pull a stunt like that !
Finding rosewood is no problem! The problem I had was finding a chunk 42 or so inches long x 10 inches deep x 4 inches wide. NOW THAT WAS HARD !!!!!!!!! :0( Rod
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I'd like to see Horatio Cains sunglasses pull a stunt like that !
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I'd like to see Horatio Cains sunglasses pull a stunt like that !
Rosewood really isn't suitable for a gun stock... it's a ##### to work and finish, too heavy and not really that strong. The colour is great, it needs no staining.
I did one back in 1969 at Uptown Sporting Goods in Calgary. I had to finish it with epoxy as no stock finishes would dry on it. I forget the caliber but it was with a an octagon barrel too. The first and last Rosewood stock for me. I also had done a shell maple stock at the same time. They wore me out...
I did one back in 1969 at Uptown Sporting Goods in Calgary. I had to finish it with epoxy as no stock finishes would dry on it. I forget the caliber but it was with a an octagon barrel too. The first and last Rosewood stock for me. I also had done a shell maple stock at the same time. They wore me out...
$1000? Depends what kind exactly. Indian, no, Brazilian, if it truely is, perhaps that's about right. You can pay that much for a set to make an acoustic guitar with. Rosewood is HEAVY though, I wouldn't want an entire rifle stock made from it.
Nice work there Gunteck, but I have seen some of your work before and
always top of the line.
Windsor Plywood ( the lumber company) usally has rosewood and other
exoctic wood in stock. Last time I was in Saskatoon store , they has
a couple os slabs of something I can't put a name to that would make
a 12 place table 2 1/2" think, it was in the 5 figuse price range.
Something to keep in mind with rosewood is that is very toxic stuff.
You MUST use resp. or at least dust mask with it and some other S.A.
and African hardwoods.
I think the last price I saw, which was month ago and I could be wrong
it was in the $45-50.oo ? board foot price.
always top of the line.
Windsor Plywood ( the lumber company) usally has rosewood and other
exoctic wood in stock. Last time I was in Saskatoon store , they has
a couple os slabs of something I can't put a name to that would make
a 12 place table 2 1/2" think, it was in the 5 figuse price range.
Something to keep in mind with rosewood is that is very toxic stuff.
You MUST use resp. or at least dust mask with it and some other S.A.
and African hardwoods.
I think the last price I saw, which was month ago and I could be wrong
it was in the $45-50.oo ? board foot price.
