I really like blanks with mineral streaks driving hard down toward the toe; I think it creates a real flow to the rifle.

I intend to use this pattern twice--for this stock and again on a stock for the 9.3x62. I have a piece of Bastogne waiting in the wings for it, which I hope will be striking as well.

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Although that gun does not look too bad in a McMillan.

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