What wood is this?
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Here mah on a 1100 20ga I sold a member
mah on a 410 870 I sold a member
walnut on a early browning bps
and a special one for you SALTWOOD LOL on you know what
Here are the pictures of the two stocks I mentioned in the first post. Those were taken by the guy I bought them from and while he used the flash, I think they still look quite nice.
I believe they will look even better in person.
The rifles are pictured against different backgrounds and at different angles which does impact color balance of each photograph, but I was told both stocks are quite alike in tint and pattern which would suggest they are made from the same wood...
Here are couple more:
I believe they will look even better in person.
The rifles are pictured against different backgrounds and at different angles which does impact color balance of each photograph, but I was told both stocks are quite alike in tint and pattern which would suggest they are made from the same wood...
Here are couple more:
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I'm no expert but to me they are full figured walnut. Some of my skeet and trap guns have the same high grade walnut both from remington and browning. Forget pics win/64 I am not digging them out.
Look at the grain how it runs in the hardwood mah pics I posted and it is clearly different.
Here is an example of a high figured walnut remington 1100 stock which to me is similiar to yours
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I'm no expert but to me they are full figured walnut. Some of my skeet and trap guns have the same high grade walnut both from remington and browning. Forget pics win/64 I am not digging them out.
Look at the grain how it runs in the hardwood mah pics I posted and it is clearly different.
Here is an example of a high figured walnut remington 1100 stock which to me is similiar to yours
It's to bad about the 1100 even nice wood won't make it into a Gun that works well.
As long as you go to the competitions with two you will still kick the ass of all the super x1 owners
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Depends on the pattern. They are universally referred to as "figure" or "curl", and are a form of "chatoyance" but patterns vary. Google image: tiger, fiddleback, quilt, blister, beeswing, flame, mottle.
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For sure. I remember remington calling theirs sun grain .
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Lol....I remember that. The proper term for that was "crotch". Although I can understand why they came up with a different name
Jeez,I turn my back for a just while and get picked on, LOL. Never said once that mahogany can't be used for gun stock.They actually look quite nice it those photos.Any type of wood of choice can be used. I would like to have one made in cherry.Here is one of my old Winnies made from cross pollinated mahogany,walnut hybrid.Very rare.
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I have a friend who took a tour of the Ruger factory. During the tour it was explained to them, that really nicely figured wood stocked rifles were set aside for #1. VIPs, and #2. Ruger's own factory personnel. (for them, a discount in MSRP)
Don't know about today but back in the 60's and 70's it would be nothing to buy a regular production gun and get the nicest piece of wood on it you ever seen.
I have a remington 870 28ga here that came with just a plain piece of walnut on the forearm and an easily grade 5 full figured stock.
It is so apparent when anyone picks the gun up one of the 1st things they say is what happed to the origianl wood off the forearm. Both winchester and remington for sure didnot hold back high grade wood but seemed to fit whatever they had the day the gun was being made.
