the M1's cam,e in with some outstanding walnut on them , strangely enough!
That's what I was hoping to hear. I owned a 10/22 some time ago with an aftermarket birch M1 repro stock but was underwhelmed by it.
Earlier on this year some detailed pictures surfaced on rimfirecentral.com of one of these new Ruger M1's and the black walnut stock looked stunning! Can't wait to see mine...thanks for bringing them to us!
On a side note the sights on this particular model are very,very well done. If you have shouldered one of the contest winners you already know the fantastic sight picture. I have Tech sights on a couple rifles and besides a finer front post they aren't too far ahead of the sights on the contest winner/ M1 repro.