Originally Posted By: SDH-MT
As for gunstocks; I use quarter-sawn walnut almost exclusively. I'm finishing up a Krag rifle project and chose a pure slab-sawn stick of English walnut because I thought the vertical grain better for the Krag with wood on the left side of the action.
I do use English walnut exclusively, except for ebony tips. I've written thousands of words on why I prefer quarter-sawn wood for stockmaking.


Have two of your books. Learned a lot from them over the years. They are both pretty beat up, dog eared, written on etc.

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