spec4 e4 Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 with Zebra wood, the colors, the marble effects. Looks cooooooooooooool. Has anyone made an rifle stock with wood other then birch,beech, and walnut. http://www.custommade.com/gallery/custom-M...ffee-table.html http://www.righteouswoods.net/zebrawood_pics.html This what the wood look like. By the way it is an hardwood from Africa. spec.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
724wd Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 that table sure isn't a very good example of what i know as zebra wood. the second pic with the high contrast in grain is more what i've seen. my neighbor builds 1911 grips with the stuff, along with snakewood (price it online sometime, it'll blow your socks off), cocobollo, bubinga, african thuey.... here is an example of african thuey that he did for my dad's kimber... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/724wd/100_4082.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerfive Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Has anyone made an rifle stock with wood other then birch,beech, and walnut. spec.4 Check the archives or back a few pages. Someone had asked about Oak stocks. There was some good info there regarding weight and propensity to split. If it's not overly heavy, dense enough that the recoil lug won't drive thru the wood and it doesnt' tend to split; I'd say go for it! Just make sure it is a sutiable wood for a stock, you'd hate to go thru the effort only to find out that it's going to split on the 14th round you fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinist1 Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hey everyone, In reguards to Zebra wood, it is prone to checking (cracking). I tried to make a fore end tip and grip cap out of it once. It split right down the middle. Bob, Machinist1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoedoh Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Try a piece of Bocote wood next time you want an exotic forend tip. Its a Mexican wood that's got oodles of little black lines runny through it; looks really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec4 e4 Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 As for the oak stock that was me that was thinking of it. I think that every type of wood can crack and so I am still in love with the idea of an zebra wood stock, maybe in an wildcat stock. Can we say sexy. spec4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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