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In the spirit of learning what grade would this stock be considered? ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/Kh6bPFc/9-B109-E27-B8-BE-4-ED0-A778-8-E9-BF2-E97-A5-D.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/hLqqK3q/B5299-AC8-4967-46-F3-8003-93-F77-D170-D1-E.jpg)
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Not good at grading but a beautiful piece of wood..............except for the fish scale checkering.
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Pretty butt, however the grain through the wrist looks suspect.
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If your considering purchasing it, pass. That pistol grip looks gawd awful.
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It doesn't look suitable for a gunstock. Very weak in the wrist!
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Even on a through bolt gun I would pass on that blank. Will end up cracked or made into a lamp. You can’t forget layout as job number one in making a stock.
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Not too worried! Just curious about wood grades.
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Every seller has a different scale. Call it 4A or even Exhibition grade if you want, it is symmetrical in figure. A lot of blanks are one side much better than the second. But as a stock it is more eye candy than value. Long term the layout will most likely result in failure. And why they added that disfiguring black mess on top is a mystery to me. But if the buyer is happy then that’s the only vote which counts.
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Thanks Jon! I’m not a fan of the black mat on the stock as well, but the gun fits and shoots nice. It’s a standard mass produced O/U. I couldn’t figure out the grading systems for wood, but what you wrote makes sense as every site I found was different.
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