Originally Posted by efw
I stocked my son's Mauser 98 with a Boyd's walnut prairie hunter with their laser checkering. Looks fantastic and not a bad price... Under $200 IIRC? Plenty stiff throughout; good straight grain:

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That's a nice stock. I weighed the factory birch stock on my FN made featherweight. Only weighs 30.7 ounces. I was expecting much more. A hunters edge is only 6 or so ounces lighter. I'm sure walnut would be heavier. Just an observation on weight for the people who care about that.