Wood Type

dfletcher

October 29, 2021 06:05

I picked up a Mini 30 a few months back, liked the wood and that it's set up for a left handed shooter. Any idea what kind of wood this is?

I had to do some minor final fitting, hard as hell to work with.

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  MIKE WISKEY

  October 29, 2021 14:39

  looks like walnut to me

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  BobJudy

  October 29, 2021 15:40

  MIKE WISKEY: 33170581015451/comments/33170586984731
  

  looks like walnut to me

  +1 It looks like a pretty darn good example of fiddleback claro walnut to me. Sure is a vast improvement over the factory Ruger mini stocks. Bob

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  forgemonkey

  October 29, 2021 20:52

  Flame or curly Maple,,,,,,,my guess.

  
  

  

  
  

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  BobJudy

  October 29, 2021 21:26

  forgemonkey: 33170581015451/comments/33170587896091
  

  Flame or curly Maple,,,,,,,my guess.

  https://us.v-cdn.net/6031683/uploads/8141YG9XMCK5/5575555d-9720-4919-9f73-382b05d3b2ac.jpeg

  That was going to be my first guess forge but I looked closer and it appears to be more of an open pore wood like walnut. Whatever it is, it sure is purty. Bob

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  asphalt cowboy

  October 29, 2021 22:39

  BobJudy: 33170581015451/comments/33170575416603
  

  https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11302400#Comment_11302400

  +1 It looks like a pretty darn good example of fiddleback claro walnut to me. Sure is a vast improvement over the factory Ruger mini stocks. Bob

  I'm gonna' second that. A lot more elegant than the stick of firewood I used on my polished turd.

  

  
  

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  dfletcher

  October 30, 2021 01:00

  Thanks all. Did a search for fiddleback claro walnut and it looks right.

  Is fiddleback claro walnut tough to work with? I'm used to seeing a grain and cutting away from. The minor work I did was pretty tough to read grain. Rather than clean cut the wood wanted to have little divots in the cut.

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  BobJudy

  October 30, 2021 03:20

  It can be prone to tear out if you guess wrong on the grain direction. Add in slightly different hardness over the surface because of the figure of the wood and working on a rounded slanted surface like a stock and it can be frustrating. Sharp tools and gradual cuts are your friends. When possible sandpaper should be used with a pad or block to spread out the force on the wood evenly. Bob

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  Dokey

  November 03, 2021 18:00

  Fiddleback Walnut

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  Butchdog2

  November 04, 2021 20:05

  Darn shame to waste a good piece of timber like that on a boat anchor🙃

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