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George Anderson · 05-05-2015, 11:25 AM

Oak has qualities not suitable for stocks, either board stocks or rifle stocks. The only German rifle stocks ever made with oak were the late WWII mauser stocks and they were laminated to compensate for the brittle nature of oak,

05-05-2015, 11:25 AM	#11
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Oak has qualities not suitable for stocks, either board stocks or rifle stocks. The only German rifle stocks ever made with oak were the late WWII mauser stocks and they were laminated to compensate for the brittle nature of oak,