which type of wood is best for a new stock?

348 leverguy

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i would like suggestions on the choice of wood i should select to for a new stock to be made,my choices are:


-butternut
-tiger maple
-apple wood

thank your for your comments
steve
 
If thats your only options I would go with the maple. Butternut though related to walnut is very soft and porus and tends to split and chip easily while being worked, dosen't take checkering well. I made a butternut stock many years ago and it was not great and wanted to compress when the action was tightened up, very soft. Apple if you can find a piece large enough to have good grain layout may not be bad, have never worked with it. maple is good, a little heavy, hard and very strong, has a history of being a good stock wood and can be very beautiful.
 
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x 2 for Fiddleback Maple ... if that's what you are referring to.

If you can get a look at a 2006 Winchester Catalog ... see p.49 for
a nicely done Model 70 in Fiddleback Maple.

You might also look at:

www.wenig.com

Look in "Catalog" (on-line) by clicking on the catalog picture.
There is a nicely stocked Over & Under in Fiddleback Maple in the illustrations.
 
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Ian Robertson said:
What cartridge are you using and what type of shooting are you doing? Lets do the basic first.
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my great uncle gave me his winchester model 88 in .308 it's cracked at the pistol grip and i will be using it for deer and bear.
 
In my opinion an 88 is a ##### to inlet! If you do it yourself you want a wood thats easy to work.And due to the nature of the 88 the grain in the wrist needs to be laid out perfect.I would buy a walnut stock from Boyds or have them build you a laminate.Unless you can talk Ian into making fiberglass ones for us:beerchug:.I still have one to build in either 270-08 or 7-08.
Rich
 
The 88's and 100's require a good stock to last. Quality wood and a quality job of layout and inletting.

I would also suggest a laminated semi inlet or a synthetic stock... there is a reason why all the suppliers ran out of factory replacement stocks...
 
guntech said:
The 88's and 100's require a good stock to last. Quality wood and a quality job of layout and inletting.

I would also suggest a laminated semi inlet or a synthetic stock... there is a reason why all the suppliers ran out of factory replacement stocks...
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bigbull
 
gunasauras said:
The 88 looks AWESOME in a laminate stock too. i saw a pic of one on here lately if memory serves me correctly. It looked real nice....
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:redface: awe you mean this old thing



AS far as I know nobody makes a synthetic for 88-100 series.
Rich
 
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