I own a WoodMizer and cut mostly mixed oak for railtoad ties, pallet material, some grade lumber. When I get to a really nice white or red oak, it will almost always be quartersawn. The difference between flat sawn and quartersawn lumber is night and day. From old gun books, I know the Circassian/Turkish walnut of the 1800s often went through several cuts. First as rough cants just to get it out of the country and onto a steamer bound for London, and then the cants were re-sawn into quartersawn dimension planks suitable for stock making. They air dried for years before being used. We make wooden tools and cutting boards from some of our best dimension wood, and it is incredibly stable. Really a joy to own. That is what I would want in all of my gun stocks
