Beech stocks...

[Peter Laidler]

There are two sorts of wood. That which HAS warped - and that which HASN'T warped........... yet!

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[Ridolpho]

There are two sorts of wood. That which HAS warped - and that which HASN'T warped........... yet!

I'm constantly amazed at the condition of the stocks on my Sniders- 51 inches of wood on a 3-Band type, and all of mine straight as an arrow after as much as 160 years. Were seasoning practices that much better or, perhaps, the quality of the wood? I have several SMLE's and No. 4's that are corkscrew shaped (and not all wartime in the case of the SMLE's).

Ridolpho