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What kind of wood is my longbranch dressed in?
It needs a cheeck piece fitted to get some more comfort out of it, but id like the wood to match. Any ideas what type of wood it is?
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05-19-2011 03:09 AM
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It looks like butchered to me..................
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I didn't butcher it, Sportco did.
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It is a bit hard to tell from the picture however I would agree that it is a maple.
An enlarged picture would help.
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It's Canadian
right? I don't think we used maple. Remember maple is very heavy and not a good choice if something else is available. The Aussies used maple so that's why they're answering that. I believe it's beech because we used a great deal of that after walnut. If Wheaty gets a look at this post maybe he can confirm it for us.
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^ Maple is unusual. But Long branch did turn out some stocks in maple. My C. No7 'lunch-box special' is stocked in maple.
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Thank You to Baal For This Useful Post:
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Did anyone consider birch? I understand that birch was often substitute standard for walnut in Canada.
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Originally Posted by
Ducimus
Did anyone consider birch? I understand that birch was often substitute standard for walnut in
Canada.
I did. And you're right.
As for the use of maple, there probably quite a lot made. A certain retired CF armourer known to some members here told me that several large truckloads of it were burned in Kingston in early 1950s at the instigation of a senior NCO armourer who didn't like maple! Heavy and not easy to work. Soldiers didn't like it either due to the weight, and probably the difficulty of camouflaging it as well.
And is that funny flashider made of pot metal? I have one that looks identical. Horrible piece of junk it is too!
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I have a home built C No.7Mk.1 that I stocked in a new set of Canadian maple years ago and it must weigh 2 pounds more than my original in walnut!
Baal, Are you sure that's not birch on your lunch box C No.7Mk.1? It's got that reddish tint seen more often on birch. The maple I have is blond much like many of the No.4Mk.2's we see in new condition and stocked in beech.
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