#4 butt stock color

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   A buddy has these butt stocks with an odd reddish color to them. here are some pics. We can identify the walnut and the beech but.....those reddish ones we can't figure out what kind of wood they are. No markings on them at all in mint shape like new fresh out of the linseed tank.

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Canuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: January 17 2012 Location: Cochrane, AB Status: Offline Points: 4021	Post Options Post Reply Quote Canuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: #4 butt stock color Posted: June 05 2016 at 11:48am
	A buddy has these butt stocks with an odd reddish color to them. here are some pics. We can identify the walnut and the beech but.....those reddish ones we can't figure out what kind of wood they are. No markings on them at all in mint shape like new fresh out of the linseed tank.
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Shamu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Logo Designer / Donating Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: MD, USA. Status: Offline Points: 20510	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shamu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 05 2016 at 1:47pm
	Was he linseed old? It does change color with age, but usually to a brownish color not reddish.
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Canuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Special Member Donating Member Joined: January 17 2012 Location: Cochrane, AB Status: Offline Points: 4021	Post Options Post Reply Quote Canuck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 05 2016 at 1:54pm
	We're thinking now it could be the experimental red maple as mentioned in Stratton's book, volume 2 on page 161. Thanks for your input though, Shamu! That same page also mentions experimental laminate stocks for the #4 which I had not read about before. Never say never with Enfields!
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	Might be Elm, which was a common hard wood in that era
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	Everytime I order a beech butt from SS, those same red ones are what I get. I have 3 or 4 still out in the garage. Nothing too special about them. Could the bottom 2 be birch ? They look like my son's Stevens 22 birch stock in color & grain.
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	I have see a butt stock that looked like teak.
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