The pattern outlined on the blank pictured shows the grain in the head running about forty degrees off perpendicular. This is far from perfect and I think one could do much better for $550.00. This is what I've often seen from this seller in his Ebay auctions, but some are laid out much better. Anyone who has ever taken blanks out of slabs of walnut knows that mother nature isn't necessarily thinking about gunstocks, and most is better suited to other uses ranging from furniture to firewood.

Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug