Uhhh....what's up with the ends of the stock that go into the action mortise? They look to be walnut. What about the inside of the stock where it's cut out for the two tangs and trigger mechanism, are they as dark as the ends? Is it possible that white wood is a filler glued in there? I'm just wondering....looks as if there's two kinds of wood in the pictures.

 

No,there is not two kinds of wood .I tried to get the right angle to show the white wood going from top to bottom ,but could not get a good picture The face of the tang area that butts up against the receiver is a light stained walnut color, and did not want to scrape it off at this time This is the second stock I received from henry. The first one was stripped down entirely, and was a light yellow color,definitely not walnut. They were good about sending my a second stock(pictured),but it too is not walnut. Just bothers me they claim that it is.

 

Yeah...when their TV ads proclaim "Missouri walnut" and there's no shortage of walnut here. Walnut definitely ain't white, 'cept as you mentioned, the sap wood.

 

It could very well be White Walnut (or Butternut). That wood is considerably lighter than other types of Walnut, and looks kind of like Birch, but it is Walnut.

 

so other than the questionable wood how does it shoot?

 

Jazz, I have three Henry’s and have given four to family members, all are stocked with walnut. Perhaps it is you who should apologize to Henry for accusing them of false advertising?

 

I have one that is the same model as yours. I refinished it several years ago and it is certainly walnut. I have been a woodworker for the past45 years and worked with lots of walnut. I have even made a couple rifle stocks from walnut.

 

Well, Iv'e been at for over 60 years and have made a stock or two myself. Worked with claro walnut,but mostly american walnut. Maybe they started using something else.I just bought it recently.I can spot a counterfeit walnut stock a mile away. Many stocks today use hardwood such as birch and maples,and stain them to look like walnut.Sure, they are just fine for use. I just think that the fact they are listed as walnut is wrong.I read a previous reply that said it may be butternut or "white walnut" .Maybe so,but never heard it described like that.

 

I've seen a lot of different species of wood when I made custom furniture.
Poplar can be stains to look like almost all of them. It's also very white in the raw. I'm guessing that is what it is.
It's not as hard as walnut, but it's still a straight grained wood and sut ible for a gun stock.

 

Yes ,I've used poplar before,but still,the grain sash of this wood looks like a birch,could be wrong about that.. I stripped the first henry stock down and it was a very pale stock. I ended up using a vinegar/steel wool to somewhat ebonize it and followed up with a alcohol based walnut wood dye. It looked ok,but still not like natural walnut.
I hate to rag on a company that is here and their product is made here,but I'm saying,if it's walnut, it's the darndest thing I ever saw.

 

White Walnut (Butternut)

Black Walnut

Beech

River Birch (Common to Eastern US)

 

Butternut seems to be close to the wood I'm describing on the stock,but having work a little with it,this wood seems fairly hard,not soft like butternut.Anyway,i guess it could be called walnut,but black walnut,it is not.I thought american walnut referred to black walnut. Whatever,is stuff needs a lot of coloring to get it to look like the walnut I'm use to working with.

 

Jazz, It is nice to see one admit his error and absolve Henry Repeating arms of trying to fool you, you have proven yourself a person of great resolve.

 

Butternut is scarce in Missouri.

 

OK,this is what I ended up with after a lot of staining. The wood seemed too light for my taste,so looking for a black walnut color,this what I ended up with. I also re did the receiver with 2k "hot rod black" urethane and it's suppose to be pretty tough stuff when cured

 

camera made wood look a little darker than it really is. maybe a better shot View attachment 237563 View attachment 237563 View attachment 237563 View attachment 237563 View attachment 237563

 

I have a bone to pick with henry firearms. First ,let me say that I like ,and have purchased a H001 model .22.The price seemed ok,shoots good,and action is smooth,so far.I do know ,to keep price down,they have a painted receiver ,and a few other things to keep it affordable.
My beef is with the stock. Ok,this may be nip picking to some,but the claim is that the stock is walnut. I say it is not and told the people at henry.They insisted that it was.I said it was false advertising and should be listed as "hardwood stock"
Whats the difference? Just try and refinish one of these and you will see it's almost impossible to make them look like true walnut.This wood looks alot like birch once it is stripped down. I have done many gunstock refinishing jobs in the past and probably inhaled and swallowed more walnut dust than i ever should have,and seen walnut in every hue ,with and without sapwood.The wood on the henry has been sprayed with a brown walnut glaze and a thick.low gloss finish.
This may not matter to many,but the idea that it's american walnut and advertised as such is bogus.
Picture shows wood in tang area of stock almost popsicle white ,a dead giveaway.

Look at the grain in the wood, that's walnut. You must not know much about wood. "Hardwood" stocks look nothing like that.

 

Wardeb, this thread is two and a half years old, and the guy you're responding to has not been here since October of 20.

You might want to check the dates on threads you open.