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Fett, what type of wood is that on yours? Cause I'm debating between the AK look of the solid wood, or trying to do a marbled look.

I just got my .223 this last week and I've decided to go the route of a custom wood stock. I know a lot of people here have great experience on the mechanics of the conversion, but I'm hoping there's also some great experience with wood stocks. I've drawn up what I would like to do, and I have the tools available to do it. So my questions are... 1) what type of wood? I know the recoil is low so my options are more open, I was thinking more along the lines of a "AK style" wood? 2) can anyone see any design flaws in my drawing? I'm set on a thumbhole because of the ergonomics. And I wi

I've handled a top-folder shotgun before and the biggest thing that made me turn away from wanting to put one on mine was CHEEKWELD. It was impossible to get a comfortable cheekweld on a straight-edge piece of metal. It convinced me to stick to side-folding w/ a rounded top bar like an Ace.