Thread: Mahogany for rifle stock?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

by honey suckle you fellas mean rewarewa???? my older brother got a set of riot batterns made from it ...for martial arts.....it dented aussie hardwood.... Ive seen lee enfield stock done with it.... guess its all a matter of getting correctly seasoned piece.
totora would be light and easy to carve BUT splits really easily....guess it would be stronger than paulownia so might just work.
matai would be heavy..also splits super easily
mairie...you would need to be a massacist to attempt it with a wood that hard
Rata would look great if could keep the purple hue
Tawa would be plain as very willow like
our boy Tasman has a nice T3 with rimu stock he built himself....

Yep Rewarewa. Beautiful wood when quarter sawn but hard to work with