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Scott, sap wood has no grain... the issues with the 500 where MINE not the stocks, ... i didnt' put a recoil lug on a gun that should.. then I put it on poorly... I have always stated and accepted that these are my short comings... funny that you would bring it up in some nerfarious formating... infact, scott, hmm, let's be clear, i've built THREE stocks for the 500... and you built, hmm, zero.... in fact, i've probably done 35-40 stocks scotty.. stil your zero.... keep talking it get funnier SAP WOOD HAS NO GRAIN period... you are now in a hole.. it's best to stop digging jeffe | ||
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jeff, It looks to me you are fighting with an unarmed person.  | |||
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Jeff, Sapwood does in fact have some grain. With regard to jeff fighting an "unarmed" man. I say to you ignorance is bliss. Jeff is clueless, this explain his NEED to make SO MANY stocks for one rifle! IF HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING HE WOULD ONLY HAVE NEEDED TO MAKE ONE! Jeff is the "unarmed" individual in this discussion. Funny how I speak to Chic and get all the riff raff spewing BS in his defense. Pathetic immediately comes to mind. ASS_CLOWN | |||
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Hey scotty... unlike yourself, I am willing to LEARN... i screwed up... yup yup... i free admit it... and in both cases, the fault lies with ME in MECHANICAL issues... no faults or flaws in the wood... have a nice day... jeffe | |||
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jeffeosso, I would rather a Structural Engineer design the building. Not a guy who mixes cement.  Hey how many stocks have you put on that 500 Jeff of yours now? I believe the "granddaddy's" of stockmaking thought your older BUSTED stocks were superbly laid out too. If you look at the picture of the other side you get a FAR better looksy at the sapwood. By the way, THAT blank has been oiled or otherwise sealed! When sapwood is oiled it turns YELLOW / gold!  [That is sapwood along the bottom edge and it extends into the bottom of the pistol grip area as it is currently laid out!] There is an EASY way to end this! Post pictures of the 4 EDGES of the blank! That will solve the "questions" about whether it was 1/4 sawn and whether is was from the OD of the tree IF it was indeed 1/4 sawn. You have VERY MUCH to learn about sawyering young grasshopper. Now leave me alone, I was talkin' to Chic. ASS_CLOWN | |||
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M1Tanker, Rest assured that blank is quarter sawn. Just goes to show you that our resident uninformed idiot, does not know his Ass_Clown from a hole in the ground. | |||
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Chic, If it is indeed 1/4 sawn it was WAY out near the OD of the tree. Looky at that sapwood running on one side of the blank and not on the other. Your name is written on it!  Too me that blank is a cross between a 1/4 sawn and a slab cut blank. The grain doesn't match too closely from one side to the other either. Like I said if it was 1/4 sawn it wasn't a premium peice i.e. CENTER CUT, it came from the OD of the log. But hey what do I know, I am only an ASS_CLOWN. ASS_CLOWN | |||
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Scott... ask questions when you don't know something..... sap wood is WHITE and has NO grain in it.. Chic has more than a couple clue as to how to judge a stock and it's quality... Since you say you've had several jobs, but most tend to circle around engineering, let me ask you this... who is the better person to design a building? an exclusive civial engineer or a stock maker, both with 30 years experience? the engineer.... whos better at grading/placing/catagorizing stocks? an engineer? a stock maker, both with 30 years experience? the stockmaker.. (shhhhh, chic, we don't have to tell EVERYTHING) if chic told me that stock was from the gibbs that wallace was hung from, I would believe it..... With you tell me it's not this or that AND has sap wood (i don't see no sap wood) I tend to ask.. WTF are you 1: trying to prove? 2: what are you drinking? Do you think ANYONE will take you seriously when you try to tell a grandaddy of stockmaking JACK aboutt a blank? jeffe | |||
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Quote: Absolutely. I perhaps exercise a bit more care with this particular gun than with some others, but it certainly gets hunted with. It's a better gun now than these pictures indicate. It has a second rust blue on it because I was so dissatisfied with the job pictured. And Alvinmack was so incensed at the Buehler safety he swapped out that shroud for a 2-position one he had modified by Jim Kobe. Functions perfectly and certainly is a better option. Aside from the above "freebie", I have about $600 in this rifle. The 1909 action, blank, and variable Weaver came from Idared in a series of sibling horse trades (and not all of them to my advantage  ). The barrel is a new military stepped version in 7x57 ($38 as I remember). Barrel installation, D&T, and bolt handle were accomplished by a local smith. GAG machined the blank and I did the rest of the stock and bluing.It's the first gun I'd done after an 8 year hiatus, and it has lots of areas I wish were better, but it isn't junk and I like carrying and hunting with it. Thanks for the kind words. GV | |||
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