PLAIN walnut blanks needed

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09 November 2013, 21:28

ramrod340

PLAIN walnut blanks needed

Anyone have a source for some PLAIN walnut blanks. Wanting to restock a couple Mauser FN49s and looking for wood that would appear normal.

09 November 2013, 22:15

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Contact Chris @ Walnut Grove Gunstocks...he can fix you up...one of the best,highly recommended.

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09 November 2013, 22:22

ramrod340

Thanks I had already sent him an email this morning. Will see what he has.

09 November 2013, 23:50

JBrown

quote:
Originally posted by ramrod340:
Anyone have a source for some PLAIN walnut blanks. Wanting to restock a couple Mauser FN49s and looking for wood that would appear normal.

Calico Hardwoods is a walnut processor that sells blanks to many of the big names(rem, win, weatherby, kimber, etc.)

They can provide you with anything from $2,500 exhibition blanks to $30 plain blanks.

I would contact them. http://www.calicohardwoods.com/

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10 November 2013, 02:40

montea6b

I bought a plain chunk of straight grained slab sawn walnut at a local hardwood dealer for $60 that yielded 4 blanks.

Seems to me that if you call something a "stock blank" the price goes way up compared to if you call it a "board".

10 November 2013, 04:39

ramrod340

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I bought a plain chunk of straight grained slab sawn walnut at a local hardwood dealer for $60 that yielded 4 blanks.

You got a heck of a deal. Last I checked getting 8/4+ 6" wide walnut was in the $8-10per bf that puts you in the $30+ range per stock.

I must admit I hadn't thought of trying to find a basic slab of walnut.

Heard back from Chris. Believe he will be able to help me with what I need.

10 November 2013, 22:03

montea6b

quote:
Originally posted by ramrod340:
quote:
I bought a plain chunk of straight grained slab sawn walnut at a local hardwood dealer for $60 that yielded 4 blanks.

You got a heck of a deal. Last I checked getting 8/4+ 6" wide walnut was in the $8-10per bf that puts you in the $30+ range per stock.

I must admit I hadn't thought of trying to find a basic slab of walnut.

Heard back from Chris. Believe he will be able to help me with what I need.

This piece was 7.5"x2"x60". I don't remember how to convert this to board feet... A little narrow for a stock with cheekpiece, but plenty of wood otherwise.

10 November 2013, 22:44

dpcd

A board foot is 12x12x1 inch.

10 November 2013, 22:47

ramrod340

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I don't remember how to convert this to board feet

A bf is 1'x1'x1" so your board was 6.25BF. So you paid around $9.6/bf. Around the going rate. Sounds like your pattern allowed you to alternate the direction and nest the pattern to make the most use possible.