Wood for gun stocks
These observations have been inspired by some recent posts concerning gunstocks.
It seems to me that there are a number of woods that could be used to make gun stocks. Ash comes to mind. It has a straight grain and is reasonably durable; baseball bats are made from it although recently a number have been from maple becuase they last longer.
Why not hickory? If you think oak is hard, wait until you get a piece of this stuff. A lot of saw mills will not buy a hickory log.
It seems that some of those mauser rifles that Mitchel's Mausers have been selling have a stock made from teak! That stuff is expensive. It should be an interesting story about how that came about. A lot of teak lumber seems to go a make wooden boats. It is also probably harder than hickory.
J. Patrick Tatum
It seems to me that there are a number of woods that could be used to make gun stocks. Ash comes to mind. It has a straight grain and is reasonably durable; baseball bats are made from it although recently a number have been from maple becuase they last longer.
Why not hickory? If you think oak is hard, wait until you get a piece of this stuff. A lot of saw mills will not buy a hickory log.
It seems that some of those mauser rifles that Mitchel's Mausers have been selling have a stock made from teak! That stuff is expensive. It should be an interesting story about how that came about. A lot of teak lumber seems to go a make wooden boats. It is also probably harder than hickory.
J. Patrick Tatum
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I have noticed, through the years, that the stocks of some rifles is labeled as "walnut finished hardwood" or just hardwood. Most likely what is the wood? I assume it is not maple or walnut.
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THE wood is most likely BIRCH if it is AISA then no telling what it is . 0
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