Deluxe Winchester stocks waiting for steel - PHOTOS

[mod71alaska]

More recently my firearms passion has focused on finding Deluxe wood for a some of my personal Winchesters. Here are a few of the stocks I've acquired:

The most beautiful Deluxe Model 9422 stock set I personally have ever seen:


Model 9422 top; Model 94 bottom (both with matching forends)


Winchester Model 70 Deluxe stocks: The top stock was intended for the Winchester Model 70 Super Grade 30-06 Centennial, which Winchester never produced; the bottom Model 70 stock is my personal favorite. I'm going to put it on a Model 70 .243 Win. (which I don't own yet!)



Another Model 70 Deluxe stock:



My personal custom Winchester Model 70 Super Grade .338WM rifle with a 4X graded Deluxe stock:



All these beautiful Winchester stocks eventually will be carried in the field.

[rangerider7]

WOW!!!!! I love beautiful wood. Only have a few guns with fancy walnut but sure nice pieces there.

[Streetstar]

You tease ! those are some eye popping stocks for sure

[Hobie]

[Pathfinder09]

B E A U T Y !!!!!

[Borregos]

WOW

[Cosmoline]

Very impressive.

[salvo]

Holy smokes, that 9422 wood is stunning! You have some real eye candy Victor

[RIHMFIRE]

where did you get them...wow...
I would like to replace the stock on my 70

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Those are just fantastic.

[Modoc ED]

NICE !!!!!

[Chuck 100 yd]

Sweet !!!

[Griff]

Those ROCK!!!!

[rafter-7]

two words ...BIG WOOD

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[mescalero1]

They are stunning, but I would not shoot my gun if it had wood like that.

[1886]

Beautiful wood, Victor. 1886.

[buckeyeshooter]

My guss is that you looked long and hard to find those. I would love to have just one like that! absolutely beautiful wood!

[marlinman93]

Those stocks are fantastic! About as nice a piece(s) of wood as I've ever seen!

[Pete44ru]

That's some very nice Custom Shop wood, Victor !

Did you get them from Mike Ferraiolo (CT), or did you run them down separately ?

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[kimwcook]

Very nice. Nothing like beautiful wood on a firearm.

Already asked, but I'll ask again. Where'd you get the stocks?

[rjohns94]

Beautiful wood. You sure have an eye for beautiful firearms and those things to make them even more so.

[brucew44guns]

Any one of those stocks----IF she were a woman-----would be Miss Universe!! Beautiful Victor, looks like you have a nice thing going there. Still havn't shot the 32, but got ammo.

[Charles]

very nice American black walnut, mostly feather crotch. One stock might european with the marble figure and a little fiddle back, but I am not certain. American black is not the strongest of woods, but certainly some of the most beautiful and striking. I have a very nice plank of that from Missouri that is 25 years off the stump air dryed. I am building an 03 sporter for my Son.

I do love high grade walnut. The european walnuts tend to be more dense, but American black has a character and color all of it's own. You have very good taste and some wonderful wood.

[kimwcook]

I bet someone, somewhere is wondering "Why don't he write?"

[Jaguarundi]

The sound of broken crystal is my Jaw hitting the floor !

[Buck Elliott]

More recently my firearms passion has focused on finding Deluxe wood for a some of my personal Winchesters. Here are a few of the stocks I've acquired:

The most beautiful Deluxe Model 9422 stock set I personally have ever seen:


Model 9422 top; Model 94 bottom (both with matching forends)


Winchester Model 70 Deluxe stocks: The top stock was intended for the Winchester Model 70 Super Grade 30-06 Centennial, which Winchester never produced; the bottom Model 70 stock is my personal favorite. I'm going to put it on a Model 70 .243 Win. (which I don't own yet!)



Another Model 70 Deluxe stock:



My personal custom Winchester Model 70 Super Grade .338WM rifle with a 4X graded Deluxe stock:



All these beautiful Winchester stocks eventually will be carried in the field.

That second Model 70 stock looks almost identical to the factory wood on my M-70 .223.

Great looking LUMBER...

[mod71alaska]

Thanks for the very nice response to the Winchester deluxe stock photos I posted. Beautiful figured wood is a passion of mine, whether in rifle stocks or furniture. It's like art to me, and like art I wish I had more!

Several have asked how/where I have acquired these stocks. There's no particular person or source. I just keep my eyes and ears open for beautiful wood. When the gun fund allows I'm willing to pay a premium to buy a really exceptional piece of wood.

[Charles]

That response is very similiar to that of a fisherman with a tropy fish, when asked where he caught it. "Well, back up the lake apiece, but I disremember where". Yeah right!!

[mod71alaska]

That response is very similiar to that of a fisherman with a trophy fish, when asked where he caught it. "Well, back up the lake apiece, but I disremember where". Yeah right!!

Charles, that sounds like an accusation from an accomplished fisherman! OK, OK...I'll fess up. I bought all those stocks from a guy down the road a piece, after you turn left at the chicken coop and right at the big oak...or was it a big maple? Hmmm....

I'm just always on the lookout for beautiful wood.

[Mike D.]

Was that the big oak with the Border Collie tied to it? You know, the one that spins in circles every time you drive by him.

[Ysabel Kid]

Any one of those stocks----IF she were a woman-----would be Miss Universe!! Beautiful Victor, looks like you have a nice thing going there. Still havn't shot the 32, but got ammo.

+1 Absolutely stunning!!!