Looking for Texas Wood

[Blackbrush]

Looking to build a custom wood stocked hunting rifle and want it to be Texas themed for lack of a better way of saying it. I'm hoping some here may know of a source for high quality wood grown and harvested here in Texas. Would appreciate any intel you might have. TIA

 

[kbaxter60]

Careful, or your title will land you in the OOC thread.

 

[Grumps21]

Haha, didn’t think we had a personals section here

 

[candcallen]

Drop by the introduction sections and say hay.

What species of wood?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[skfullgun]

Mesquite would be beautiful.
Black Walnut would be great. I don't have mesquite, but it is plentiful from San Antonio and westward.
Boisdarc? It was the choice of the indigenous people for both bows and arrows.

I've got 30+ acres of woods that have never been cut. I'm sure you could find something if you want to do it from start to finish

 

[candcallen]

Mesquite would be beautiful.
Black Walnut would be great. I don't have mesquite, but it is plentiful from San Antonio and westward.
Boisdarc? It was the choice of the indigenous people for both bows and arrows.

I've got 30+ of woods that have never been cut. I'm sure you could find something if you want to do it from start to finish

Bouisdarc is also knows as osage orange I think. It would have cool grain patterns.

 

[skfullgun]

Yep. It was highly sought after, and "Boisdarc" is French, or at least Cajun for "Wood of the Bow". I grew up hearing it pronounced, "Bowdark".

 

[jrbfishn]

Pecan would look nice as well.

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[Axxe55]

Looking to build a custom wood stocked hunting rifle and want it to be Texas themed for lack of a better way of saying it. I'm hoping some here may know of a source for high quality wood grown and harvested here in Texas. Would appreciate any intel you might have. TIA

Welcome to TGT.

Yes, please stop over in the Introductions Section and say hello to everyone.

 

[skfullgun]

Oooo .
Pecan!

 

[Axxe55]

Another member started this thread. Might be some sources that could supply wood for a gun stock as well.

Fireplace mantles

Hey Guys I'm looking for a place that sells beam mantles or just beams such as in reclaimed. Or thick live edge cuts. I can make a box type like a floating shelf but I like the look of the solid beams. I'm in Conroe but can do an hour or two drive no problem. Saw mills that cater to these types...

www.texasguntalk.com

 

[skfullgun]

Well, there are a few backwoods lumber mills around here where you could probably pick up a nice piece of wood, some corn-liquor, and a toothless woman - simultaneously.

You will probably want to travel while it's daylight.

 

[Fishkiller]

Looking to build a custom wood stocked hunting rifle and want it to be Texas themed for lack of a better way of saying it. I'm hoping some here may know of a source for high quality wood grown and harvested here in Texas. Would appreciate any intel you might have. TIA

Try this place in Stonewall and Willkommen from the Big Town.

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Elder Hardwoods is a family owned and operated saw mill that is open to the public and carries a variety of rough lumber, pattern stock, siding, flooring, house logs, rustic mantels, custom beams up to 43 foot long. We offer various local species including cypress, eastern aromatic cedar, black...

elder.spindlecloud.net

 

[jordanmills]

I have some oak and pecan that might do what you need. I'm not sure what kind of length and diameter you want. It's all dried and I tried to get the ends sealed with tite bond glue so it dried slowly. If you're down near Houston some time you can come check it out.

 

[Byrd666]

Go with that wood pronounced as "Bowdark". Please note a few things about it. It will last a day short of forever. If, for some reason you run out of ammo., you can use the stock to beat the attacking hoard, or tank, into submission. It will destroy blades on command. The branches can make for great canes.

 

[Texasjack]

Walnut is considered the best wood for gun stocks for a number of reasons. It's dense, but not too dense. It tends not to split or crack from drying out. It tends to have straight grains that don't warp. Walnut has a density of 30 (for Claro) to 40 lb/ft3 (for other walnuts). I intended to include walnut only as a reference, but a quick search turned up that walnut does grow in Texas (I honestly have never seen one), particularly in Hill Country. It's entirely possible you could find a Texas walnut blank.

Osage Orange (bois d'ark, bowdark) has a density of 50 lb/ft3. It's very heavy and used to be found a lot in high end golf clubs. If you can get your hands on a thick enough piece of wood, it will have to dry for 2 or 3 years before you make a stock. The rifle will be heavy, but recoil will be sweet. Here's a pic where someone made a stock: Osage Orange gun stock I don't know how well the wood will hold dye, but I do know that the natural yellow color fades away over time.

Mesquite would be BEAUTIFUL. However, most of the trees are relatively small and finding one that doesn't crack will be like finding long-lost Spanish treasure. A friend had a thick piece of mesquite he kept under his bench for maybe 10 years, hoping to use it one day for a project. After all that time, it suddenly warped and cracked. It's also 45 lb/ft3, so pretty heavy. Here's a pic of a mesquite stock: Mesquite gun stock.

Pecan has a density of 47 lb/ft3. It's a pretty wood, but in that size I'm sure it would be expensive. I've seen comments that the pores of the wood run in a way that makes it undesirable for gun stocks, but I don't know enough about the subject to comment. Bitternut and hickory are both related to pecan and have similar properties.

 

[Vaquero]

I love the look of mesquite slabs.
I've never seen one that didn't eventually split.

I'll donate a log if anyone with reasonable wood crafting experience wants to give it a shot.

 

[Hoji]

Uhhhh, this isn’t that kind of forum.

 

[Prisondoc210]

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