One Fast Questions, Please

cirelaw · 11-03-2021, 08:29 PM

Were all luger stocks made with walnut? What about the grips? Tks

Norme · 11-03-2021, 09:17 PM

Two fast answers. Yes. No.
Norm

Edward Tinker · 11-03-2021, 09:26 PM

I too would like to know. I know that grips were made of Walnut and Beech - I imagine that there are other woods. Why not oak? Or Maple, both hard woods - but I think of them as rifle stocks.
Wood for carbines?
Wood for grips?
Wood for wood bottoms?

cirelaw · 11-04-2021, 09:49 AM

From different times

cirelaw · 11-04-2021, 09:53 AM

I Forgot The Early One!

11-03-2021, 08:29 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	One Fast Questions, Please Were all luger stocks made with walnut? What about the grips? Tks

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11-03-2021, 09:17 PM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,414 Thanks: 224 Thanked 2,591 Times in 930 Posts	Two fast answers. Yes. No. Norm

11-03-2021, 09:26 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	I too would like to know. I know that grips were made of Walnut and Beech - I imagine that there are other woods. Why not oak? Or Maple, both hard woods - but I think of them as rifle stocks. Wood for carbines? Wood for grips? Wood for wood bottoms?