Dry Black Walnut Mannlicher Rifle Gunstock Blank Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 202.50 Time Left - Bid Count 13 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, October 11, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Location Williams, CA See more about 'Dry Black Walnut Mannlicher Rifle Gunstock Blank' Description Dry Black Walnut Mannlicher Rifle Gunstock Blank This blank was cut from a local, dryland, wild Black walnut tree. It is long enough for a full length, Mannlicher style, bolt action rifle gunstock. It has tight growth rings and is very hard and dense, with excellent layout - straight grain fiddleback fore end, perfect grain flow through the grip, and slab sawn crotch figure in the butt. This is the preferred layout requested by many professional stockmakers. Length: 43", Thickness: 2 3/8", Width: 2 1/8" - 6 3/4". Air dried 3 years to 10% or less moisture content. Ready to work. No checks. A couple of tiny burls may require minor filling - see Click to Enlarge photo. There is a single small hole from a screw eye in the end of the blank. This was used to hang the piece during drying and is not a defect. Click to EnlargePhoto Opens in New WindowPayment and Shipping DetailsYou can bid with confidence on all of our auctions. If we do not accurately describe or photograph an item, you may return it and we will even pay the shipping both ways. We plane each piece and do not leave any wax or heavy sealer on our dry wood to hide defects. The only reason for not removing the sealer from a dry piece of wood is to hide defects. If a piece of wood is dry, it does not need sealer on the end grain. We only apply some clear finish to some of our wood to show the buyer what he can expect from the completed project. If you buy wood from others and the end grain is hidden with a heavy coat of wax, be prepared to be very disappointed. Also, we always remove any end checks, regardless of how small. Sometimes these minor checks will increase in size on the inside of the blank and the entire piece will be unsuitable for any project. Never buy any blanks without seeing a photograph of the end grain with the sealer removed - no exceptions. We start all our auctions at 99 cents with no reserve and let the bidder determine the final value. PayPal or Money Order preferred; personal checks accepted but item will be held until check clears. Buyer is responsible for UPS shipping to be determined by zip code (except to Alaska and Hawaii where USPS will be used). Insurance will be included free of charge. If possible, I am happy to combine S&H costs when you win in multiple auctions. (Dissimilar sized items - aka shotgun or rifle gun stock blank, lumber or large turning squares - don't pack well together and may have to be shipped separately.)No international bidders, PLEASE! We just are not comfortable with shipping overseas, or even to Canada.Buyer should respond within 3 days and payment should be made within 10 days of auction's end. I ship within one day of receiving payment, excluding Saturday and Sunday.Please visit my "About Me" page for additional useful information.-->  Place a Bid!