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I recently purchased 2 Richards stocks, One a AAfancy clairo walnut for a savage 110 the other a laminate wildcat for 10/22. I was not impressed with the condition I recieved my wildcat in, real rough even for unfinished, I had to sand 1/4 inch of wood off in most spots to get all the deep gashes and cuts from the lathe. That is a lot of wood to remove, more than I wanted in some areas! The action was cut out of line with the stock by a few degres or about 1/4 inch to the left by the time barrel chanel reached the tip. The action was real slopy, took lots of fileing to get the action to drop in, In other spots they cut a bit too much away, (around the back of the action one deep gash) On the positive side, they left lots of meat in "some" areas so you can be creative, It took me six hours to get the stock ready for finishing, not including bedding the action, I have a well tooled woodshop too! If it werent for the deep cuts, finish would have been much quicker, but just one gash in a area means that whole area needs to come down to the deepest gash. The walnut stock was much better, not as roughly finished (no real deep gashes) it is cut straight, That is more of what I was expecting, The barrel channel lookes as if it were cut for a bb gun, Lots to remove, better too much than too little. The wood was real nice, I posted a Pic. Also it took exactly eight weeks for my stocks to come. I would say Im pleased with the walnut and somewhat dis-satisfied with the laminate stock, really poor workmanship on it, but it will be real nice when done, the wallnut will be beautiful when its done. With their wood quality, pay attention to what they say rather than the pics they post. I POSTED A PIC IN OPEN RIMFIRE A FEW WEEKS BACK, IF IT DOSNT COME UP, I WILL RE-POST HERE
