Would you or wood you?

CJW said:

IMO the top blank is much more of what you would find on an a high grade pre war sporter and is definitely what I would look for in that period rifle or any rifle for that matter. Looks perfect to me.

In fact if you don't purchase that top blank, please give me the contact info for it as I might.

N6 and N8 are nice but much showier in my mind but wouldn't fit that rifle as nicely.

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Just a dude in BC said:

So far it sounds like the top one in fiddle back is winning.
@Ontario Hunter I think that is just a splash of the fluid they use to show you the grain.
@PARA45 I will for sure post when it is done. A buddy of mine is also doing an Oberndorf in 7x57 with the same smith, and he is going with a piece of wood similar to the top one.

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CBeck said:

If it helps, it reminds me of a stock I have looking for an action… I did it backwards. I have this one waiting for a model 70 action.

Very similar in color and fiddle… May help you to visualize the finished product.

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Ontario Hunter said:

I'm not so sure. Looks more like a crack and a gouge. You should definitely ask for a better photo ... of that side and the other side. Otherwise, a beautiful piece of wood. Wondering what something like that costs?

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CBeck said:

Like @BeeMaa I’m a sucker for fiddleback

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Just a dude in BC said:

Good day Gent's,

So the short story, is that I lucked into a nice Oberndorf long action. Originally it was one of their commercial sorters, made in the 1920's, but later went back to the factory and had its barrel swapped to a 9.3x57. All matching, and according to my smith the metal is in great shape. It even looks like they trued up the action and worked the lugs when they barreled it to x57.

So obviously I looked around and was lucky enough to find a 9.3 ferlach barrel blank, and am going to convert it to a 9.3x62, and run it only as an iron sight gun. As classic as possible for an Oberndorf... As God intended.

However, it needs a new stock. The smith is going to inlet it for me, and then I will finish the stock (I have made a few, and enjoy the process). But what I need help with, is the piece of wood! I simply cannot choose, and so I will turn it over to Democracy!

Here are the slabs available to me.
-Originally I wanted N6
-Then I changed my mind to the single one in the top picture... But maybe that is to showy... So, what wood you do?

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Jack Stevens said:

If I was “just a dude” living in AK - or maybe even in the Great White North of our soon-to-be 51st State - I’d go with a high-end synthetic McMillan-type stock. To my thinking, the likely hunting environment determines the stock type.

If 95% of your hunting time will be spent in hot weather environs, like Texas or Africa, a professionally-fitted AAA wood stock is always a solid choice for a DGR. The fact that it looks like a million bucks is actually secondary to fitment.

OTOH, if your hunting environs are typically cold to frigid, with lots of blowing horizontal rain or snow and temps to match, then a good synthetic is The Way (which is not Ramline ).

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Ontario Hunter said:

High humidity makes wood stocks swell and blued metal rust. I think we are better off up here with wood and bluing. When it's thirty below our humidity is typically drier than a popcorn fart. You guys in Texas and Florida are the ones who should like synthetic and stainless. Your guns will get rusty and stocks loose sitting in a dark closet.

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