What Kind of Wood is This?

[Va.Manuf.06]

European BEECH!

 

[Frontier's]

It's not Beech that's for sure.

I'd say plain maple. Being a mowrey, they used a lot of maple.

I'm thinking someone reshaped the lock panel.

 

[springfield art]

I have a Mowery .50 caliber Hawken replica made in Olney, Texas. I have been trying to figure out what wood the stock is made of and thought maybe one of you would be far more knowledgeable than me. Here are some photos:View attachment 264870View attachment 264871View attachment 264872View attachment 264873

Yeah, maple or birch. (Or Tree Wood!Joking!) Good photo, btw.

 

[Billy Boy]

I have a Mowery .50 caliber Hawken replica made in Olney, Texas. I have been trying to figure out what wood the stock is made of and thought maybe one of you would be far more knowledgeable than me. Here are some photos:View attachment 264870View attachment 264871View attachment 264872View attachment 264873

The word Beech keeps going thru my head but I know it should be Maple…

 

[deerstalkert]

my vote is birch. you may open a can of worms if you strip the finish. Birch is hard (for me anyway) to get to stain evenly.
and as dumb as i am, i am just about done with a full length Hawken from a birch plank.

 

[bweidert]

my vote is birch. you may open a can of worms if you strip the finish. Birch is hard (for me anyway) to get to stain evenly.
and as dumb as i am, i am just about done with a full length Hawken from a birch plank.

Thanks for that advice!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Plain maple or birch. Definitely not beech. Most of my mother's side 2-5 generations back are from Olney, small world.

Birch is what I thought.

Birch was and is a very popular, and inexpensive stock wood..., did I point out it's inexpensive?

LD

 

[deerstalkert]

Birch is what I thought.

Birch was and is a very popular, and inexpensive stock wood..., did I point out it's inexpensive?

LD

my birch blank was inexpensive. free. thats why i started practicing techniques on it. now i have so much time into it i have to finish it.
the hole in my operation is i thought to make a trigger guard, and discovered i just don't have the capabilities to do so. one from track on the way.
this particular birch was a dream to inlet. it was so easy to cut i am thinking about some carving. this rifle may turn out to be a gem that started out as firewood.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

my birch blank was inexpensive. free. thats why i started practicing techniques on it. now i have so much time into it i have to finish it.
the hole in my operation is i thought to make a trigger guard, and discovered i just don't have the capabilities to do so. one from track on the way.
this particular birch was a dream to inlet. it was so easy to cut i am thinking about some carving. this rifle may turn out to be a gem that started out as firewood.

I'm sincerely looking forward to what you achieve. My experience has been with modern Cowboy stuff using birch and dyed quite dark as the pieces were not from the same tree, so took lighter dye in different manners.

LD

 

[deerstalkert]

this relic is stocked with wood from the same plank i am working on now.
the stain i used was antique formulation by an extinct company called Beverley. heavy bodied.
i am going to try painting this new stock with tannic acid first then try aqua fortis.
still shaping and scraping.
OP, didn't mean to hijack your post but maybe you can get some ideas about refinishing.

 

[user 52142]

It's birch. Definitely not maple.

This is what I was thinking also

 

[Terrier]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, "Pine". Did I say pine was inexpensive?

 

[tenngun]

Birch is hard to refinish. Requiring no less then a BS in wood finish, preferably a MS
I by chance hold a BS and will be happy yo refinish that for you
I do so for the good of the sport and will only charge you shipping.
I am very backlogged as all the BS wood finishers I know, but send it now and I will put it in the q
If sent in the next week I expect I can have it returned by Nov 1 2048

 

[M. De Land]

I have a Mowery .50 caliber Hawken replica made in Olney, Texas. I have been trying to figure out what wood the stock is made of and thought maybe one of you would be far more knowledgeable than me. Here are some photos:View attachment 264870View attachment 264871View attachment 264872View attachment 264873Looks like Birch grain to me.

 

[bweidert]

Birch is what I thought.

Birch was and is a very popular, and inexpensive stock wood..., did I point out it's inexpensive?

LD

Birch is hard to refinish. Requiring no less then a BS in wood finish, preferably a MS
I by chance hold a BS and will be happy yo refinish that for you
I do so for the good of the sport and will only charge you shipping.
I am very backlogged as all the BS wood finishers I know, but send it now and I will put it in the q
If sent in the next week I expect I can have it returned by Nov 1 2048

Damn I’d be 100 yrs old by then….