Swedish Maple Stockwoods

August 28, 2007


We welcome this beautiful addition to the website especially for the fine example of
fiddleback maple it allows us all to examine. Its a 1915 Carl Gustaf m/96 s/n 368657.




Rifles with this degree of figure don't come along often so we consider it cause for
celebration that we can witness such a fine example of a maple stocked m/96.


As with elm and mahogany, maple occurs only during the years 1915 to 1917.
At present its a toss up which is the rarer stockwood, maple or mahogany.
Its my feeling that mahogany can't touch a stock like this for it pure dynamic presentation.


These above images courtesy of John Eiden.