Got wood?

[IndianaResident]

On a stainless weapon, what type/shade/color/stain of wood would you prefer?

Not know much about wood...breeds (?) myself, nor ever having been a proponent of stainless weapons, I'm looking for input from the masses.

The weapon in question will likely be a matte stainless, if that affects anyone's opinion, and I'm looking at a single barrel shotgun, but am interested in your opinions on handgun stainless/wood mixes as well.

Go Masses, go!

 

[Kase]

When it comes to stainless, I think a real light shade of wood looks nice

A friend of mine has a ruger 22-250 like that, and think it looks awesome

 

[sloughfoot]

Wow, is there just one choice? My answer is what ever suits my fancy at the time.

 

[H&SFarms]

I would have to say a darker walnut would look awesome with a stainless barrel. just my

 

[zoglog]

I would second a dark rich color. However, any wood that is stained/glossed would look sharp.

 

[dice dealer]

AS dark a walnut as you can find

 

[shooter1054]

As a carpenter, I like a stained wood that isn't dark enough to "hide" the grain.A rich color is good. That said, I also like blued over stainless.

 

[Mosinowner]

I went to this thread expecting sarcastic responses.

 

[newtothis]

I personally like dark rosewood or dark-toned red (saw a set of dark red grips on a black tactical Springfield 1911... beautiful).

 

[G_Stines]

I am going to have to throw out a good walnut, or a mahogany with the right stain..

 

[K9stang]

Like a few others have said, I have always liked walnut.

 

[indytechnerd]

(the above will clearly not count in my 50 quality posts to get to the classifieds)

 

[top hat 45]

the laminates have many many different hues andcolors. check out wenig.com for other solid colors too....daryll

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I prefer the reddish tints over stainless.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Dark & Rich (just how I like my women!)

 

[David]

I can think of colors that would clash with a Blue finish, and have even seen some that I didn't think looked good with black, but I'm having a hard time coming up with a color that would clash with stainless. It's almost like holding a piece of wood up to a mirror and saying that you like the wood but not the reflection of it.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

You'll want a hardwood. I'd go with something dark for stainless, ymmv. Realize that walnut and oak are open-grained and will require something to fill the surface. Something like maple is pretty light colored as wood, but there are dark stains, and it's closed-grained, so it won't need filling. I've used it for guitar necks, and it should be righteous for a gunstock.

 

[WhitleyStu]

I've been tempted to purchase some VZ grips in battle ship gray, but these stock grips that ED Brown used just seem right (for me).

 

[zoglog]

Now that I am thinking about it why not purpleheart wood? It is a great wood and looks awesome.

 

[REM299]

I have to agree with a dark walnut.