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Claro for a biggn stock?

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26 September 2001, 08:16
Paul H
Claro for a biggn stock?
A buddy gave me a 1/4 sawn claro stock, pre-inletted for a 98 mauser. I was going to put it on the whelen mauser, but got to thinking, it might be a better match with the 458 mauser John Ricks is building me.

The grain on the stock is straight through the grip, and I plan to put a secondary recoil lug on the barrel. So, is claro decent walnut for a thumper stock, or shoould it be relegated to medium bores?

26 September 2001, 08:35
500grains
Claro is soft, and therefore weak compared to English or Turkish. But if properly bedded it would probably hold up for a 458 Win. Mag, but I would not use it for a lott.
26 September 2001, 20:16
<J Brown>
500 is correct, claro is weak.

Atkinson calls it Californian cork wood.

Jason

27 September 2001, 06:28
Atkinson
I would use French, Turkish, Australian, or some European walnut....I don't even recommend California English for the most part, on the real big bores.

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