Nice Piece Of Wood

[nit wit]

A recent find,.50cal,re-

bored smooth. made in Italy 1980 imported by Armsport, Miami Fl. I don't know what the wood is, but it's the nicest I have seen on an Italian rifle!
Nit Wit

 

[Hermit Tim]

That's gorgeous. I wonder if somebody restocked it.

 

[cycnut1]

Nice wood.

 

[CyrusP]

Some high grade Turkish/Circassian walnut?

 

[ohiochuck]

WOW very nice wood
Congatulations1

 

[nit wit]

That's gorgeous. I wonder if somebody restocked it.

I guess that's a possibility.
NW

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Wow, that's a gorgeous piece of wood, nicest I've seen on a production gun.

 

[Rebel bull]

ME I'd be suspicious when you pull the barrel is the barrel channel finished? if so does it look the same and follow the grain pattern? if unfinished wet it and check the grain. back in the mid to late 90's the importers brought in what they called "ultra grain" accentually it is a painted on faux finish, just like a lot of builders do to make the wood appear to be a higher grade

 

[reddogge]

Could it be elm?

 

[springfield art]

I'd agree with Rebel bull, but it's nice either way. Looks like a CVA? Maybe made by same factory.

 

[Trot]

I'd agree with Rebel bull, but it's nice either way. Looks like a CVA? Maybe made by same factory.

No, that's definitely an Investarm made gun. Kind of copied from Thompson Center.

 

[andy52]

Some high grade Turkish/Circassian walnut?

I've got a couple of guns with that wood stocks. It seems almost to light a color to be that, but I've seen some really nice Ash that had that look.

 

[LonestarShootR]

That's a nicely figured stock. Looks like Circassian walnut which is English. Turkish,french can all look similar. I have a some Ruger m77's that were stocked from the factory with high grade Circassian and are beautiful.
As someone who saws and mills my own wood the position of the slab when cut makes a huge difference on the grain. Plain or flat sawn all the way to quarter sawn have different looks to them.