Rare one up for sale...
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Balsa is a member of the Malvaceae (flowering plants) family and is native to South America only. Beech and birch are members of the Fagaceae (it includes beeches and oaks) family and native to Europe, Asia and North America.
Birch is in some cases denser than Beech and beech is in some cases denser than birch. One of the factors, when growing in the same area is the presence or availabilty of certain minerals that are preferred by one species rather than the other.
However, I cannot make out any reason as to mention Balsa wood in conjunction with an Albanian SKS unless the Albanians imported the Balsa wood from Equador to put on their SKSs.
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Birch is in some cases denser than Beech and beech is in some cases denser than birch. One of the factors, when growing in the same area is the presence or availabilty of certain minerals that are preferred by one species rather than the other.
However, I cannot make out any reason as to mention Balsa wood in conjunction with an Albanian SKS unless the Albanians imported the Balsa wood from Equador to put on their SKSs.
Imagine,
, Wow.... ITS RUSSIAN BIRCH THAT IS MUCH SOFTER THE BEECH. NOBODY SAID ALBANIA USED BALSA!
Tell ya what.... Do what I did. Go strip, sand, cut, slice, dice, and drill up stocks from albania and russia, spend 2 min on google (Its FREE) and tell me I'm wrong.
Tell ya what.... Do what I did. Go strip, sand, cut, slice, dice, and drill up stocks from albania and russia, spend 2 min on google (Its FREE) and tell me I'm wrong.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
How is you stock analyses test thing going? I haven't seen that thread yet. Off to look.
Well guys, no harm meant - just wiping the laughing tears. Anyways ... over the last few month a was looking out for a sig line and bingo there it is:
"ITS RUSSIAN BIRCH THAT IS MUCH SOFTER THE BEECH"
RM has some of the samples and I have a few also. We just need to get off our butts and send them in.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Texas. But I think they have a good cross section already.
Wood samples from various SKS types to validate or disprove the theory that certain stocks and or their rifles came from certain locations. If I follow the theory correctly.
Pretty sure we have most variations.... Its not that anyone believes known species for each nation is wrong, we just like facts and data. In addition, the early chinese stocks do not seem to be Chu wood and some have russian QC stamps. So if they come back as birch.... There's your verification.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Between 1200 and 1300.
Density and hardness are not the same thing.
Also, density is not desirable in a rifle as it usually equates to weight.
Beech is usually used as a very cheap stock wood when better wood cannot be had. It tends to warp and weighs too much.
Beech is not superior to birch. That's just nonsense. Birch is almost universally the go-to inexpensive substitute for walnut in the firearms world. The us purposefully switched to birch over walnut for m1 and m14 production as it held up better in testing.
Do your real search before citing useless density data.
Also, density is not desirable in a rifle as it usually equates to weight.
Beech is usually used as a very cheap stock wood when better wood cannot be had. It tends to warp and weighs too much.
Beech is not superior to birch. That's just nonsense. Birch is almost universally the go-to inexpensive substitute for walnut in the firearms world. The us purposefully switched to birch over walnut for m1 and m14 production as it held up better in testing.
Do your real search before citing useless density data.
