I'll try to find the original brochure from this era.
The blonde colour is attributable to the finish type and process. Darker than the finished wood, which leads me to believe that IF the finish was stripped and oil finished, the wood would loose its blonde character. The raw wood has the grain and colour typical of walnut, medium tone and open pores. I did however, manage to chip about a dime sized piece of finish off once, while quickly following a grizzly across a rock slide (gave me the slip) but it doesn't show in the photos. It's heavily lacquered and a very hard finish. The finish on the stock has always intrigued me. Leaves on the trigger guard, a stylized African antelope on the floor plate. The floor plate and trigger guard are engraved.
The fore end and pistol grip cap are rosewood with inlayed maple, in the form of a bear's head, on the pistol grip cap. Bought it a few months before my 16th B-day.īlonde stock that, believe it or not, is walnut. Here's mine.338 Win Finnbear bought 1985.
