The grain is actually running the length of the stock, like on any other properly selected stock blank.Where a stock has the grain running vertically, as the one in your picture does, is it less resistant to bending stresses? Is it more likely to break?
As Frankenmauser pointed out, the grain runs lengthwise (from the butt to the forend). This is typical of rifle stocks and is done for shear strength (the amount of force that would be required to break the stock into two pieces). The figure is wavy grain, a natural characteristic of the wood in high-stress areas of the tree that makes it less likely to break across the grain (actually kind of like corrugated cardboard. Ever try to tear corrugated?). The figure appears when you cut a straight line through the wavy grain. The figure can sometimes cause issues with warping, but typically only if it is uneven from one side of the stock to the other.Where a stock has the grain running vertically, as the one in your picture does, is it less resistant to bending stresses? Is it more likely to break?
ROFLMAOI used to use virgin's blood, but it's not available any more.
Someone else asked a similar question. I don't know, the customer mounted the sights and took the photo after I had already returned the rifle to him. I used the photo because it is better than the ones I take.Wondering what type / brand scope that is on the low wall? Fecker Lyman Unertl? What power? I like the vintage scopes.
Well, don't fret about it too much. It was a basket case gun, came to us as a bunch of parts in a box, many missing or damaged. I made the stock to match photos of original Low Walls. John Taylor at Taylor Machine, a true craftsman and a real gunsmith, rebuilt the action and made several parts from scratch to the original pattern. Some of his work is so good that serious collectors have him make parts for old guns and claim they cannot tell them from originals.Although I don't like the concept of a restoration, some people do it better than others and you all do good work.
Well, don't fret about it too much. It was a basket case gun, came to us as a bunch of parts in a box, many missing or damaged. I made the stock to match photos of original Low Walls. John Taylor at Taylor Machine, a true craftsman and a real gunsmith, rebuilt the action and made several parts from scratch to the original pattern. Some of his work is so good that serious collectors have him make parts for old guns and claim they cannot tell them from originals.