DarylS
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Now that you mention it, Gruff- this stock is probably an English/Claro hybrid, what I've heard referred to, as California English.
Both sides pretty much evenly 'patterned'.
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Daryl
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VonGruff
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That is quite a striking piece of walnut Daryl.
Checkering is not someting I have been able to master and the cost to get someone else here to do it is much higher than I am willing to meet. I have never had any trouble with lack of grip on a propperly shaped stock so that consideration was off the table and having one rifle that had checkering damage from a short trip to the range in a padded carry bag that marred an otherwise nlemish free stock, made me less likely to want it on this one (or any of the other rifles I have built for myself over the years).
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Von Gruff.
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redoak
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Daryl,
Your stock looks like exceptionally nice Claro walnut to me.
And I thought the Claro/English hybrid was called Bastogne...
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mehulkamdar
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That, sir, is sweet! You have every reason to be proud!
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TexasJohn
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I just re-visited this thread. Great piece for the person thinking to try a stocking project. I did not want it to get past the 1 year search limit, so I am "bringing it back"
VonGruff, did you have the stock checkered?
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John
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VonGruff
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No checkering John, but have blooded it quite satisfactorily on a mob of goats and it lived up to my expectations and more. I have tried checkering but found it to be one of the things that I have to leave to others and as I have never had any problems with grip on an uncheckered stock, I am unlikely to have it done any time soon. I apreciate the visual of checkering but have other things to spend to $500+ on that having it done would cost.
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Von Gruff.
Exodus 20:1-17
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