[mscales5]

yeah it looks that way, its got pretty nice grain and the stain and clear job give it a nice 3d look, just wish it wasnt so dinged up. the plan was to buy it, refinish the stock, dye it dark blue, throw my new barrel on it and go. now in not sure i want to mess with the stock or not.

I you get it cheap enough then go for it. You can strip off all the clear and stain and then you can tell if it is walnut or not. As for the dings, if they are dings and not chips then in most cases once you strip the stcok you canwet the damaged areas to swell the wood and then apply an iron to it and it will pull the dent or ding out. This will work on most blemishes unless the wood is actually broken at the edges of the ding and even then on some it will still look pretty good. you can let it dry for a few days and then refinish. Also, the Standard 10/22 has the barrel band and the walnut Deluxe has no barrel band. Some Deluxe Walnut stocks also had checkering some did not.

Mike

 

[mscales5]

YOu will be most likely to see the original wood color under the buttplate. Walnut will be darker then birch which is pretty light in color. When you sand walnut you will get a light redish brown color and birch will be more white. Walnut will be a little harder then birch. For the most part I wouldn't worry about it. If it is a nice piece of wood just redo it and if it turns out to be birch just stain it with some walnut stain and it will bring out the grain. If you want to dye it blue then hope that it is birch since it is lighter in color. Once you get it stripped and you still can't tell take it to a cabnit shop and ask them, they will know.

Mike