JonathanF1968
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I'd like to make a pen for someone and match the wood to his rifle stock. (Bullet kit.) The rifle is an old Mini 14, about 50 years old. Something like this:
https://www.gunsamerica.com/948140436/Ruger-Mini-14-Standard-rifle-in-223-caliber.htm
(That's the right model, but not the actual piece in question.)
As I understand it, those stocks were usually birch, but somehow stained or otherwise colored to fake walnut. The owner of this firearm thinks it is maple, but I'm not sure he's right, as I've only heard mention of birch stocks on that model. That said, I have some maple lying around but no birch....
How would you approach this?
https://www.gunsamerica.com/948140436/Ruger-Mini-14-Standard-rifle-in-223-caliber.htm
(That's the right model, but not the actual piece in question.)
As I understand it, those stocks were usually birch, but somehow stained or otherwise colored to fake walnut. The owner of this firearm thinks it is maple, but I'm not sure he's right, as I've only heard mention of birch stocks on that model. That said, I have some maple lying around but no birch....
How would you approach this?