Black walnut for .375!!

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18 May 2005, 16:00

z375

Black walnut for .375!!

I picked up a nice piece of American black walnut recently and was wondering if it'd be rite for my Cogswell & Harrison 375 H&H

....the grain is straight and tight and should make a very pretty stock....will post pics once its completed

zubin

18 May 2005, 16:10

El Deguello

quote:
Originally posted by z375:
I picked up a nice piece of American black walnut recently and was wondering if it'd be rite for my Cogswell & Harrison 375 H&H ....the grain is straight and tight and should make a very pretty stock....will post pics once its completed

zubin

Why not? You may be more likely to need a couple of crossbolts to take the recoil, but a nice piece of black walnut can make a fine stock.....

18 May 2005, 16:37

z375

thanks buddy....will make sure them crossbolts are added!!

zubin

18 May 2005, 16:48

fla3006

If it were me, I'd use English walnut on a Cogsy.

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19 May 2005, 09:58

elmo

Zubin

Check the Elmo's99 thread

That's a piece of black walnut

Regards

Elmo

19 May 2005, 22:28

Atkinson

If I was going to all the work it takes to make a stock, then I personally would use a piece of English or better yet Turkish..but you can make a stock from Black walnut, it been done for many years...To me most black is porus, spungy, and too heavy, seldom checkers well, but in all woods their are exceptions to the rule...

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20 May 2005, 18:33

vapodog

American Black Walnut is my favorite wood. It's a beautiful wood even if it's plain grained.

If you generously glass bed your barreled action to it and use crossbolts fore and aft you'll not go wrong. The crossbolts may in fact not be needed but they sure look good in the bigger guns and add the insurance that also makes one a little more secure with the finished product.

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21 May 2005, 11:14

z375

quote:
Originally posted by z375:
thank u all Ray, Elmo, an Vapodog!!
elmo thats a really scorcher of a 99 u got there buddy, hope ure havin a blast with it! the cogswell I have has an addition tapered recoil lug few inches forward from the receiver recoil lug, so will crossbolts really be needed in inspite of this? if stocked and glassed properly it'd make one helluva tough rig with crossbolts added ....jus wanted to know..

Zubin