gunstock question

[horseman308]

Hey all, I've got four pieces of mahogany in strange proportions. Very nice with great figure, good and dense heartwood. They are all just barely under 2" thick after planing away the rough surface. Here's the odd part: one is the refuse from a guy who made an arched windowframe, so it's about 50" long, straight on one side and curved on the other. The next is same thickness and about 14" by 30". The last two are about 11" by 25" and 5" by 36"

So, is mahogany a useful wood for building gunstocks? Either  a 1/2 stock muzzleloader (like a Hawken style) or to fit a more modern action (say for my Ruger #1). If it's not good for stocks has anybody got any ideas for what to do with such nice but very oddly proportioned wood?

[gunnut69]

Mahogany has been ued for gunstocks. Browning put it on some of the featherweight A5's and others as well. It dents faily easy but is quite stable. Two inches isn't really thick enough for a big stock but it might do for a slimline clasic or the wood could be laminated to produce a usable blank.  I wouldn't stock a rifle that had a lot of recoil but it would make an interesting stock for a hornet or a rimfire. If I had it I'd see about using it on a custom T-bolt I'm working on... It wight work with the Ruger No1 (or any of several shotguns with drawbolt buttstocks) as the attachment system would help get it through the recoil.