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Quality Hardware w/ cherry (wood)stock
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12-19-2011 01:37 PM
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1st Welcome......
We know that Rock Ola made stocks from Cherry. Most that have shown up are like yours a Type II Oval cut Hi-Wood. Rock Ola made your Quality stock.
Is it cherry.......... I'd say no. It's a beauty and I'd say Walnut because it has the heavy grain lines we find mostly in Eastern Walnut. By taking off the Buttplate, taking out the oiler, or scratching inside the slides op well you look for a PINK SALMON color.
Here's a link to a old post by friend Dbarn with his Cherry stock. His pictures have timed out, but I'm sure when he sees this he'll repost pics. Read some of the links provided that note the Ray Flecking commonly found in Cherry.
Types of wood used in original production
And here is the first WRA stock I've seen made of Cherry....
It's a great example of how closed off or tight the grain is on American Black Cherry. Compare the full size picture of this stock to the grain/color of yours.....
Winchester Cherry Stock
HTH,
Charlie-painter777
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Now you have me wondering. I was told it was Cherry, and to my naked eye thought it was Cherry also (a few years ago). But then again I just had cataract surgery this month LOL.
I have purchased several walnut handguard... and none of the wood appeared to be close to this stock. Also had two different walnut stocks that shared no similarities to this one. The grain and color was different.
Here is a picture of under the butt plate (lightly sanded)
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Hey Charlie,
Ten stocks on the table, only 8 handguards. What's with that?
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Charlie--
Thanks for the assistance in identifying the wood--and I went through many handguards before I found a Q-RMC one that matched that well.
Waverly is about 60 miles west of Nashville on US 70. Been to Brentwood several times for auctions. Again--Thanks
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IMO, the front band is OK
Originally Posted by
combattracker
The barrel band is marked "U" but all other parts are correctly marked for Quality Hardware.
Are you thinking it should be unmarked, marked "QU" or maybe "UI"? I've got an S'G' that has a "U" band on it (shown below) and according to most of the books, should be unmarked. I don't think it's ever been changed, so believe it came that way. Union Hardware supplied bands to a number of prime contractors, so I think it's reasonable that "U" marked bands made their way onto a lot of original carbines from several makers. I wouldn't be concerned at all about the "U" marked band, as long as it looks like it came that way. - Bob
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Welcome to the site, please enjoy.
You have a very beautiful carbine there. In fact quite a nice combo.
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Bob--thanks for the info on Union Hardware. I looked again with a magnifying glass and it appears that it has a well marked U just like yours but what also looks like an I that is very lightly impressed next to the U. It doesn't appear to have ever been changed,
Bill-- thanks for the welcome and compliments. Don
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It's Walnut....other that that egregious butt plate screw head, it's a beauty.
Regards, Rick.
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