Is this K31 beech or walnut

[billybob_jcv]

Isn't Howard's mostly orange oil & beeswax?

[Raptor3000]

Isn't Howard's mostly orange oil & beeswax?

Yes

[geeknow]

San Pedro shooter nailed it, in his earlier post. European walnut looks different than. American Black Walnut (juglans niegra). It is generally blonde than American walnut. Also, yours could have been made from a piece of the sapwood, which is blonde still. American Black Walnut, which primarily grows in the eastern US is darker. California Walnut tends to lean more towards the purple hues.

I'm basing this on 20 years spent in the hardwood and exotic lumber industry.

[Raptor3000]

San Pedro shooter nailed it, in his earlier post. European walnut looks different than. American Black Walnut (juglans niegra). It is generally blonde than American walnut. Also, yours could have been made from a piece of the sapwood, which is blonde still. American Black Walnut, which primarily grows in the eastern US is darker. California Walnut tends to lean more towards the purple hues.

I'm basing this on 20 years spent in the hardwood and exotic lumber industry.

What do I have a beech or walnut stock?

thanks

[geeknow]

Walnut.

[Latigo]

I think some know-it-all addressed this in post #19 in the link.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=528460

Its all there for a reasonably reasonable reason. And it's actually on the CalGuns C&R Forum!!

Maybe it's time for me to show some stock comparisons. I'll do it later this evening.

[SanPedroShooter]

Walnut.

Really? My bet is beech. I disagree in the friendliest way possible you understand. I am willing to admit I am wrong.

Its the year of the stock, 1947 which is supposedly on the cusp of the switch.

Why do you think Walnut?

[SanPedroShooter]

OP's picture

Original picture.

[Latigo]

SPS, that mottled appearance and the buttplate extending outside the stock pretty much screams refinish. Do you have a close up of the finger grooves and butt?

[Latigo]

that'd be walnut.

if the stock looks like "a blonde", she's a beech. if she's "a brunette", she's a walnut.

see if you can pick which is which, and which is more like yours!

Glenesche, unless I'm sadly mistaken, both of those rifles appear to be refinished.

[geeknow]

Really? My bet is beech. I disagree in the friendliest way possible you understand. I am willing to admit I am wrong.

Its the year of the stock, 1947 which is supposedly on the cusp of the switch.

Why do you think Walnut?

I dont see any of the characteristics of Beech (aka "silky oak"). There is none of the "flake", which is a result of cutting across the medullary rays. There is none of the "rice mark" that characterizes beech.

I do see characteristics of Walnut. European (sometimes called Circassian, Turkish, etc) has a distinct look to it, in that there is not the striking contrast between springwood and deadwood, that you find in American (Black) Walnut.

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Here is a photo of European Walnut, for reference.

[SanPedroShooter]

I dont see any of the characteristics of Beech (aka "silky oak"). There is none of the "flake", which is a result of cutting across the medullary rays. There is none of the "rice mark" that characterizes beech.

I do see characteristics of Walnut. European (sometimes called Circassian, Turkish, etc) has a distinct look to it, in that there is not the striking contrast between springwood and deadwood, that you find in American (Black) Walnut.

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Here is a photo of European Walnut, for reference.

Fascinating.

Latigo, that's not my picture. That's the OP's picture I posted for him.

I have an early 40' K31 with walnut the color of caramel. I'll put up a picture when I get home next week.

[Latigo]

Got it.