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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> When is a walnut stock not walnut? http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1527532943 Message started by olBEAR on May 28^th, 2018 at 6:42pm

Title: Re: When is a walnut stock not walnut?
Post by butlersrangers on May 29^th, 2018 at 2:01am

IIRC - I have seen carbine stocks of Italian walnut.

I believe the attached photo is an Italian 1898 carbine stock, that has been stained 'darker'.

The hand-guard looks like American Black Walnut to me.

It is easier to tell when you can see the grain in person.

stock_1898_carb1.jpg ( 90 KB | 1 Download )