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Their copy reads like a menu at a take-out Chinese restaurant.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
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Be careful about grain through the wrist.
So many guns, so little time!
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I see nothing on the site that says this wood is dry, stabilized, and ready to use. If it is not dry, look elsewhere.
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I strongly recommend Cecil Fredi for gunstock blanks. http://www.gunstockblanks.com/
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I have personnaly bought from Cecil for years. I have also strongly reccomended that my clients consider his offerings . Seems everyone likes his prices and quality --- I have never gotten a bad piece. Ken
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Between the grain shown in the likely wrist areas to the outlines drawn on the wood....this does not look like a guy that knows about gunstocks. If you look around his web site you may make the observation that I did...it looks like the pieces he is offering for gunstocks are pieces that did not make it into his furniture: http://walnutwoods.net/Merchant2/merchan..._Code=furnitureJeff
Last edited by Jeff Mull; 06/13/07 11:18 AM.
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I couldn't agree more with Jeff and Builder. IMO, if the grain at the head of the stock is more than 10-15 degrees (max) off perpendicular (relative to the face), you run the likelyhood of another busted stock. If you just happen to have a piece of wood that's more than 10 degrees off, you can bowtie the face (like Remington). If this is hard to picture, let me know, and I'll post detailed photos which will help you to pick the correct cut of wood in the future.
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OT...Jeff Mull...do you hunt in the Bay City/Saganaw area? or is that another Jeff Mull*?
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What do you mean by bowtie the face. Please share pictures if not too difficult.
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    note how the W H Diehl stock has the grain oriented exactly perpendicular to the face (top photo) . When I said that I use the bowtie shape, especially for split stock repairs, I should have said jack everybody uses the bowtie shape with the exception of the occasional romex staple (I like that system) or the common cross bolt or cross dowel
Last edited by Robert Chambers; 06/13/07 04:47 PM.
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