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The Joy of Good Wood #5095482 05/01/14 12:33 PM
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Every now and then, it's nice to take a break from the synthetics and handle a nice piece of wood.
98 Mauser custom in 358 Winchester, Timney trigger, 3-position safety. Inletted sling swivels, steel grip cap.



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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5095789 05/01/14 04:10 PM
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Pretty, quality, ... Very nice !!!!!!
Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096107 05/01/14 08:12 PM
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Really nice looking rifle

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096350 05/01/14 11:40 PM
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A gentleman's rifle, certainly.

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: RayBob] #5096444 05/02/14 12:59 AM
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Nice rig.
Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096455 05/02/14 01:08 AM
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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096554 05/02/14 02:05 AM
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Beautiful looking rig you got there. Nothing like fancy grade walnut.


Here's mine, it's a 35 Whelen.






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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096581 05/02/14 02:19 AM
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flehan Gorgeous!!

May have to get me a wood gun after I finish my Tikka build

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096594 05/02/14 02:29 AM
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Very nice!!! I don't own a synthetic, all wood confused2

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096603 05/02/14 02:40 AM
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I own one synthetic, the rest are wood and I much prefer walnut to plastic

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5096613 05/02/14 02:49 AM
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Beautiful pics up on this thread. I am a wood guy also but do not have anything as nice as whats pictured above. People always say they are worried about the wood getting dinged up, but I love the nicks and scratches wood gets. Wood just has so much more character and if I wear out a stock it just gives me an excuse to buy a nicer one.
Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5103120 05/07/14 03:33 PM
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Always been a wood guy. I do have a couple of plastic-stocked rifles though frown

I'm in the process of building pretty much the same rifle/caliber combo: Interarms Mk X action in 358 Win. Pac-Nor is putting the tube on it. Timney trigger set at 2 lbs and an older Leica 1.75-6 German Post scope waiting for it. All I need is to convince Karnis to do the stock work! flehan

Here's a few of mine. And yes, they DO go out in the field and get character marks!











Both of these are 25-06. The Blond (I have a weakness for blonds) is factory w/ a Timney, the brunette (yes, I have a weakness for them as well) has a Timney and a Douglas barrel. Both sub-moa laugh

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5103320 05/07/14 06:03 PM
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.45-70 match rifle I made a few months back. Stock is a piece of perfectly quarter-sawn black walnut...and hopefully the last piece of black walnut I do.



.500NE ive been making. Stocked it a few few weeks ago, its farther along now. $3k quarter-sawn Turkish blank, no finish on it in this pic.





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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5103331 05/07/14 06:07 PM
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New butt stock I made on an old Remington 1894. Wood is a lower cost piece of quarter-sawn Turkish.


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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5103369 05/07/14 06:36 PM
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Very nice work, TDK. My stock-maker swears he will never do black walnut again.

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Re: The Joy of Good Wood [Re: TX_LT230FH] #5103382 05/07/14 06:42 PM
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I do have a weakness for #1 Rugers. This one is in 45-70.


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