Swede with Walnut Stock

[no4mk1t]

Picked up a nice 1896 Swede with a walnut stock at a gun show yesterday. Most all Swedes I've run across have beech stocks on them. When did the use of walnut cease?

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[Patrick Chadwick]

You have a very fine example there!

All French walnut up to 1915, when WW1 stopped deliveries. After that , the factory tried several woods - red beech, maple, elm, also some walnut imported from the USA. From 1917 on, red beech became standard. So a pre-1915 rifles with a non-walnut stock is carrying a replacement stock.

[gew8805]

Here is Dutchman's excellent site on Swedish Mausers - The House of Karlina:

http://dutchman.rebooty.com/

Dutchman has done an excellent job on his site and the work continues, enjoy!