I picked up a Savage 93 Today and found somthing interesting.

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I bought it for a project, I like refinishing and customizing stocks. Anyways I get it home Tonight and notice it feels lighter and more comfortable than my Savage MKII. I looked at it and it looks trimmer than the older stocks as well. I started ripping it apart and found somthing interesting stamped in the barrel channel. Check it out:

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When I popped the butt plate off, it looks like walnut under there. :dancingbanana:
 
Thanks for posting that! I just went and checked my 93R17GL, and sure enough, the Boyd's stamp was in the barrel channel! When I first bought this rifle, I posted about how impressed I was with the quality at such a low price, and commented on how the stock even looked like real walnut...now I know it is! :)

I love Boyd stocks...I have an Evolution for one of my 10/22's that is just sweet. Cheers.
 
I don't think it is walnut. It's not taking to the oil like it should, though once I had it sanded down it did look like walnut. I'm only at 2 coats now. If it doesn't darken up after a few more coats tommorow, I'll have to tint the oil. But I must confess I do like blonde stocks as well. We'll see I guess.
 
The laminate stock are also from boyds my mark II bv got the stamps I se that last week when I get them and put it in part for cleanning.
 
I have worked with a lot of walnut both satin and black and none of it had grain anything like that at all. The grain in the channel looks more like a type of mahogany or luan but not at all like walnut unless it is some weird species. Nothing in North America gets grain like that though. I have most of the woods out in my wood shed and black walnut is one of my faves. If they are saying
"walnut finished wood' well that leaves a lot of room. It can be anything with a "walnut stain or finish" but does not have to be walnut for them to say that. Anyways it is a nice looking stock either way. You can darken it a lot with an aerosol toning spray or thin down some black or dark brown paint and use it like a stain too then wipe with thinner once it colours down a bit. Just dont let it harden. I also use a torch on woods that do not darken. Singe carefully to get as consistent a colour as you can and then scrub with 0000 steel wool to get the shade you want or remove it all together.
 
Thanks for the tip Bogie. In the past I just tinted stains to get them darker by adding a bit from a darker brand. This one I wanted to keep blonde. I decided once I saw the colour to continue applying and to work with it. It's not for everyone, but I like it. :)

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Well, ya know Pharoah2, a nice piece of wood is still a nice piece of wood. Who said they all had to be black walnut stained dark? I like them but I am also a huge fan of Eastern Rock maple and it stains about as much as your stock. The one thing is that it will develop a patina and darken over years of exposure to light that just might be better that a piece of walnut. Grain is grain regardless of colour and it will always be a nice chunk of wood. If its the right colour for the species of wood then so be it. Thats why pine looks funny dark-its just wrong. Nice lookin stock however you cook it and besides that-there is only one person you have to please and thats yourself(unless you are a married man that is). One thing to note-the fashion of dark stains originally had a lot to do with hiding defects or making one species look like more expensive mahogany or ebony. The idea just caught on and became fashionable.
 
The wood is walnut stained hardwood. The Mark ll classic is the only one with walnut, take a good look at the grain pattern it is too tight to be walnut. I had a mark ll G. Now I have a mark ll bv. I love the laminated stock.
 
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