[axxe55]

i think most of them use birch as a cheaper alternate to walnut. my Glenfield Marlin M60 i think has the birch stock on it. biggest problem is they are harder to stain, because wood grain they have. they just don't come out as nice as walnut or oak or some of the fancier woods do.

 

[axxe55]

I'm thinking my 30AS is birch. I got that from fairly reliable source.
I have seen beech, also. I dont know if it is just an error since beech and birch sound similar.
Unfortunately both are straight grained white wood. Its not like they say cherry and pine, woods easy to tell apart.

birch is a cheaper wood they use to make gunstocks out of to save some costs in making firearms so they can produce a cheaper economy model of that firearm. birch is also a softer wood than walnut and doesn't stain as nicely as walnut.

 

[axxe55]

I dunno about that...I've seen some mighty impressive refinished Birch stocks...it all depends on what the individual does to it

Most of the time it beats heck out of the Mar-Shield...

i agree Big Shreck. it just in my experiance harder to get the desired look from birch as walnut is for me is easier to get a nice looking finish on. my M60 has the birch stock and it came out nice, but it was much harder than walnut to me to get that result.