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Thinking about THUMBHOLE stock
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 774005" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>I have worked with mesquite, as stock wood,,,, I won't do it again! It can be brittle. It's hard to find a piece big enough, even for a Classic style stock, and a thumbhole require a bigger piece. And, it tends to voids hiden deeply with in it. English walnut, Red Maple, American Black walnut would be my choices, in that order. All are pleanty strong enough for a thumbhole when properly layed out on a suitable blank and properly bedded. Every rifle should be properly bedded to shoot to its best potential. Heavy recoiling rifles (.375 H&H, .300 LAUM, .30/.338, ect.) are not good candidates for thumbholes. The .25/06 is not a heavy recoiling rifle. There are very few good patterns available for a pre-inlet and I know of no "drop-in's" (that are worth having!). Stockmaking commands the most $$$ of any gunsmithing task.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 774005, member: 24284"] I have worked with mesquite, as stock wood,,,, I won't do it again! It can be brittle. It's hard to find a piece big enough, even for a Classic style stock, and a thumbhole require a bigger piece. And, it tends to voids hiden deeply with in it. English walnut, Red Maple, American Black walnut would be my choices, in that order. All are pleanty strong enough for a thumbhole when properly layed out on a suitable blank and properly bedded. Every rifle should be properly bedded to shoot to its best potential. Heavy recoiling rifles (.375 H&H, .300 LAUM, .30/.338, ect.) are not good candidates for thumbholes. The .25/06 is not a heavy recoiling rifle. There are very few good patterns available for a pre-inlet and I know of no "drop-in's" (that are worth having!). Stockmaking commands the most $$$ of any gunsmithing task. [/QUOTE]
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