Wood also changes dimension differently in different directions--measured across the grain it may shrink differently than the length of the grain. The fact that one gun shrank significantly and the other didn't maight also indicate something about the grain flow of the wood there. I recently worked on a factory beretta stock that had grain flow in the wrist at almost 90 degrees to the length of the gun! (it had 3 steel pins through the wrist from the factory) It was a refinish because water just from hunting in wet weather had gotten in and ruined the thin finish and warped the head of the stock--I'm quite certain the stock would not have moved nearly as much had the grain flow been better.
Last edited by David Furman; 04/28/11 04:29 PM.
