Thanks Mainguide. I am looking forward to giving this rifle its first bush scratches in Tanzania in about 6 weeks.

338x74R: As far as the wood in my rifle was concerned it was just "the luck of the draw" I suppose.

I suspect that one could be more active in personally picking out your wood but Butch seems to be very intent on buying good wood for his projects anyway and I figured he knew more about it than I did so I just let him pick it.

I'm sure he would be happy to discuss it with anyone that had a special type in mind.