What wood is this stock made of?

[Jgoulin]

I pasted the rifle in question's specifications in an earlier post. Its beech. It clearly says beechwood. In English.

 

[Neilm]

It is walnut. Beech is not as good a wood as walnut. It will compress more easily.

 

[mrgoat]

My old property back east had a lot of huge old American Beech trees on it. I used many as they got diseased for firewood. Made a bit into dimensional lumber. The beech I had was fine grained and plain grained, heavy and hard. Beech is commonly used for tool handles etc. The wood shown in the picture does not resemble the southern Ont American beech I had cut. But depending on the environment the tree had grown in can influence the characteristics and appearance of the wood. There is also European beech and Blue beech each having their own variances.

 

[riversrest]

Considering the closed pores and grain it's European beech, which is commonly harder than NA or Eurasian Walnut. It will therefore not compress as much as mentioned Walnut species.

 

[Ashcroft]

Smell it. Could be pussy willow, box elder or a shingle off an outhouse.

 

[Hitzy]

Certainly looks like elm to me.

The grain does resemble some elm stocks I've had over the years....Swede 96's used elm stocks for a 3 years (1916-1918) Yugo M24/47's and some of the 59/66 SKS's they made had them too. I don't think any commercial manufacturers use it today however.

 

[trebor2880]

Maple.

 

[silverfoxdj]

I searched to see the kind of wood used for 550 Standard models but no real info. Different opinions here too so I still don't know. I am leaning toward beech. My other Cz rifles with what I know is walnut look different than this 550.

I believe you are correct

 

[cosmic]

All the beech stocked rifles I have display those medullar flecks, and is light coloured. Pull the action out of the stock and try to find the base colour of the wood.

 

[Rob]

That does not look like beech at all. It looks like a very ordinary piece of walnut.

 

[guntech]

cut and pasted from the manufacturer

Manufacturer: CZ

Model: 550 Standard

Calibre: .30-06 Spfd.

Action: Bolt

Safety Type: Three Position

Trigger Type: Single Set Trigger

Barrel Specifications: 24" Hammer Forged

Twist Rate: 1:10"

Sights: Adjustable Sights, Integrated 19mm Scope Bases

Stock Description: Beechwood, Fitted with sling swivels

Capacity: 4 Round, Hinged Floorplate

Classification: Non-Restricted

Now if people would only read it...

 

[Dogfish858]

Now if people would only read it...

Respectfully, that appears to be pasted from the Wolverine website. Wolverine is a retailer, not a manufacturer; the Cz-USA pamphlet gives the wood as walnut.

HTH

 

[Hitzy]

Respectfully, that appears to be pasted from the Wolverine website. Wolverine is a retailer, not a manufacturer; the Cz-USA pamphlet gives the wood as walnut.

HTH

I don't think retailers get Canada's CZ rifles from the US, they come directly from Europe.

 

[guntech]

The fellow who pasted it said it was from the manufacturer...

But Wolverine is the Canadian Warranty Depot, they should know what's what. I am sure they don't deal through the US. It would not surprise me there are separate models for the US and Canada.

 

[Mumbles Marble Mouth]

Manufacturer: CZ

Model: 550 Standard

Calibre: .30-06 Spfd.

Action: Bolt

Safety Type: Three Position

Trigger Type: Single Set Trigger

Barrel Specifications: 24" Hammer Forged

Twist Rate: 1:10"

Sights: Adjustable Sights, Integrated 19mm Scope Bases

Stock Description: Beechwood, Fitted with sling swivels

Capacity: 4 Round, Hinged Floorplate

Classification: Non-Restricted

I don't know who posted that info but it definitely is not the CZ factory but rather a gun shop. That gun should be a 5 shot not a 4. Both of mine are 5 shot with even enough room to push the 5th round down and close the bolt on an empty chamber.

 

[The Kurgan]

Looks like Beech to me

 

[MiG25]

I'm going to say walnut, there are no "fingernails" like on the comb of the beech stock in post #17.

 

[tigrr]

The wood is coming from all over the world now for stock production. Australia, Brazil, Africa, south America and north America. So many variations it is hard to tell what it is anymore. Buy one of those kits with 50 types of hardwood and see what I mean. I restored antiques back then.
Oh and yes that one looks like beech wood.
a beech wood stock.

It depends on the way the wood log was cut.

 

[Rob]

This is what Beech looks like. (I like that term "fingernails."):

 

[Meroh]

This is what Beech looks like. (I like that term "fingernails."):

Your finger-nails are not an indicator of species; rather that the piece of lumber was quarter sawn. You see this in Beech, Birch, Maple, Oak etc. see oak below:

That being said, the stock in question is European Beech, as is they one you posted.