A few years ago, perhaps a year ago, all standard wooden stocked Handis were stocked with a light colored fairly even grained wood that was thought to be either maple or birch. Most of it was probably birch but I have seen some that I thought were maple also. Any of the guns more than a year or so old that were not ordered with a laminate or synthetic stock should have that type of stock, most now seem to be some form of laminated wood....<><.... :grin: