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Offline skifastchad

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Curly maple stocks
« on: December 09, 2008, 02:53:02 AM »
I've seen a few pictures of the rare curly maple stock set, but never one in person.  All of those in the pictures are a yellowish color. 
Has anyone ever seen one wearing the ugly brown stain from the pallet wood?

I just found a new handi on the rack with the beautiful vertical striping of curly maple, but it was hidden under brown ugliness.  I thought about buying it just to strip the finish and make it a nice looking natural wood stock set.
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Re: Curly maple stocks
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 03:15:34 AM »
Sometimes the pallet wood stocks appear to have a curly maple like look.
I've seen this happen in the Ruger 10/22 stocks, and they are beautiful when finished with other than factory stain.

If it's not actually curly maple then I'd still buy it just because it's a good find!

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Re: Curly maple stocks
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 04:24:05 AM »
The only true Curly Maple that I have seen were from GSI,I think there have been some others that were Tiger Stripped but I think they were Birch? Kurt
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Re: Curly maple stocks
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 06:02:29 AM »
 Three weeks ago in a Gander Mountain in Virginia I saw a NIR Buffalo Classic with a "curly walnut" butt stock but it had a "pallet wood" forearm !
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