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#617983 08/11/22 04:51 PM
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I’m not a wood person. Are these AYA butt stocks actually walnut? The first image is from a AYA Yeoman. Their inexpensive non ejector double in 12ga. The second butt is an AYA No. 3 non ejector. And the the third pic is AYA No.4 ejector.



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I will stick my neck out and save “Yes”.

The third picture, the AYA No. 4, is clearly a better grade of wood.

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Looks like nice Cottonwood or Sweet Gum

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There are many types of walnut and certain species grow in varied environments that affect the quality of the grain. There are some really good stains on the market too. The second one looks like walnut to me. The other two could be examples of good stains.

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Just plain walnut ,I have a matador and a #4 both have utility grade walnut

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I was just curious maybe they used birch or something for the less expensive guns.

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A&A entry-level guns have always had pallet-grade walnut, but it's walnut. Every Matador/Matador II I've ever seen, and I've seen dozens over the years, all have stocks that look exactly alike as far as grain and color.
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AyA were never noted for good stocks and even some of their higher grades such as the Number 1 are plain by the standards of other guns of a similar grade. Those will be walnut but not selected other than for grain strength. Lagopus.....

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I have four AYA's, well six I suppose as two more are in transit. A 2, a 3 and four 4"s and they all have the same grade of straight grained, plain walnut. On the plus side, I can not recall ever seeing a AYA with a cracked stock, so plain is good in some regards. Cetainly there are some but not a known thing like on a Smith. I have been thinking about doing a butt splice on a couple of them and think it ought to dress them up a lot. If I start shooting them more, I might even get around to it once I retire. Be a lot cheaper and easier than restocking them. The in-letting is decent for a factory job. But that wood is shelf level beautiful or paint grade as they use to say.

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Originally Posted by KY Jon
I have four AYA's, well six I suppose as two more are in transit. A 2, a 3 and four 4"s and they all have the same grade of straight grained, plain walnut. On the plus side, I can not recall ever seeing a AYA with a cracked stock, so plain is good in some regards. Cetainly there are some but not a known thing like on a Smith. I have been thinking about doing a butt splice on a couple of them and think it ought to dress them up a lot. If I start shooting them more, I might even get around to it once I retire. Be a lot cheaper and easier than restocking them. The in-letting is decent for a factory job. But that wood is shelf level beautiful or paint grade as they use to say.


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