Species Of Wood
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Species Of Wood
Hello All & Happy New Year'
I have a 91/30 and a #53, does anyone know what type of wood the stocks are ? The #53 seems to be a darker wood.
Jim
I have a 91/30 and a #53, does anyone know what type of wood the stocks are ? The #53 seems to be a darker wood.
Jim
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Re: Species Of Wood
birch and chu i believe.
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Pictures, we need to have pictures. Without them your going to get 20 guesses. Opps, to late. Here's your first 2.
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Cherry and chinese maple.
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Most of the comments on the Russian, Soviet and Finnish rifles claim that the wood is "Arctic Birch". You could also end up with a refurb with an American Black Walnut stock. You couldn't prove the Arctic Birch thing by me, because we don't have birch trees and I am a long way from the Arctic. These rifles were stained differently from time to time and country to country.
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I have an artic birch in my front yard, at least that is what the tag said on it. I thought that was nice karma.
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Re: Species Of Wood
Rose wood? For some reason I accociate that with the Chinese rifles, a dark, and oily wood.
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Hmm..... not sur but look forward to the answer regardoing the Chinese carbine.
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Wonder if they would have used the same wood as the Mauser style rifles China built. Some of the Chinese Mauser stocks I've seen look a little more like the M53 Mosin stocks than the chu wood used on rifles like the early SKS's and such.
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It's T53, not M53
They used Chu wood because it wouldn't rot like other types of wood. (http://www.mosinnagant.net/global%20mos ... arbine.asp
M44 (or Russian Mosins) Russian stocks were sub-artic birch. Most came from lower Siberia, and not from the artic. Some from around the arsenals Tula and Izhevsk. Ural birch was also used. Birch is common in Russia.
"The higher figured Finnish artic birch stocks (Kurelian birch) came from areas near Finland up North."
They used Chu wood because it wouldn't rot like other types of wood. (http://www.mosinnagant.net/global%20mos ... arbine.asp
M44 (or Russian Mosins) Russian stocks were sub-artic birch. Most came from lower Siberia, and not from the artic. Some from around the arsenals Tula and Izhevsk. Ural birch was also used. Birch is common in Russia.
"The higher figured Finnish artic birch stocks (Kurelian birch) came from areas near Finland up North."
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So the lack of the shellac finish due to wear alters what I've seen, then I guess the Chiang Kai-Shek Mauser must be a Chu type wood stock. Always wondered about themdolk wrote:It's T53, not M53
They used Chu wood because it wouldn't rot like other types of wood. (http://www.mosinnagant.net/global%20mos ... arbine.asp
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bunkysdad wrote:Hmm..... not sur but look forward to the answer regardoing the Chinese carbine.
Lapin says that the Chinese stock was either Catapla or "Tulip Wood", if I remember correctly. Either of which may or may not be the "chu" mentioned above.
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