Elkhntr08, part of the reason for companies not producing what you call Glamorous (which is a great word to describe the pizzazz of the custom rifles of yesteryear) rifles is the cost. The use of Beautiful or exotic wood has become a rare and expensive venture for most manufactures anymore.) All of the exotic woods like Mesquite, or curly or birds eye Maple, and Tiger stripe walnut are expensive and hard to come by. A lot of aging goes into the wood process. (these are just things I've read over the years) Some of the guys here on the Nation have ordered wood blanks, had the stock made, then finished the wood themselves and they've done some great work. On a running thread called "Eye Candy" 224King is spotlighting some of the exotic wood stocks he collected over the years. I'm not sure if you went through the custom shop for a build, whether you could order an exotic wood stock and have the shop detail it for you?
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