Thread: Mahogany for rifle stock?

Originally Posted by Bhess

Yeah I understand it won’t be as nice to look at as walnut, thing is I have it readily available, and it will be my first attempt. So something functional and not terrible looking is my goal. I can always upgrade later taking into account lessons learnt from my first attempt.

I have a couple of friends with antique mahogany tables and they look very nice with a fine grain. It is some of that course grained 1970's stuff - must be a different species that can look bad. Well finished and polished to a glass surface it might look stunning