Mossberg 600AT Wood Stock

[PjayUK66]

Hey Guys

Quick question, does anybody know what the wood is Mossberg used for the 600AT furniture? I have removed mine and commenced stripping it ready for a Krylon camo job (its my hunting shotgun) but the grain actually seems pretty nice.

Though it was beech but not sure!

 

[old mossy]

Mossberg stocks are mostly birch. They do make a walnut also.

 

[PjayUK66]

Thank you, I dont feel so bad now about giving it a camo spray job!

 

[nitesite]

I think it would probably be Birch. Walnut is much heavier and more dense. And expensive for them to produce.

 

[ripjack13]

Birch is light colored, off white to a tan, where as walnut is a dark color. From light brown to dark brown, almost black....

http://www.wood-database.com/

 

[ripjack13]

Got any pics of it?

 

[PjayUK66]

I'll post up some pics later today, I am at work at the moment.

I am going to hit it with primer tonight and see how it turns out.

 

[nitesite]

If I ever see/hold a certified-for-sure factory walnut stock on a modern Mossberg gun I will faint.