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Jan 18th, 2020 at 6:22pm
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There was a thread in the for sale section showing an eBay auction for a Ballard buttstock with prong butt plate.  I was the winner.  I tried it on my existing 32-40 Ballard.  Probably going to look for a new rifle to use it on eventually. 

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Reply #1 - Jan 18th, 2020 at 9:35pm
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That looks pretty nice, Jack!  Does it fit your face?

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Reply #2 - Jan 18th, 2020 at 10:32pm
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Joe,

I am having plastic surgery to make my face fit. Cheesy Grin Smiley Tongue

It is not too bad as is.  Makes for a very consistent face plant!

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Reply #3 - Jan 18th, 2020 at 11:56pm
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Jack, it looks like you've got a lot of wood to work with there, so you could "improve" that stock quite a bit. Now, what sort of wood is that? It almost looks like cocobolo or koa.
  
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Reply #4 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 1:48am
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I tried to alert Forum members to this stock only to have my entry inexplicably deleted.  But I'm glad someone here found it!

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Reply #5 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 10:58am
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That's a good looking combination Jack!
  
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Reply #6 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 1:40pm
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Very nice indeed and thanks for sharing.
  
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Reply #7 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 6:43pm
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Thanks, John,

Bob, I wouldn't know Koa or cocobolo wood if I saw it.  I can lick it and see if it tastes like coco Smiley

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Reply #8 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 8:38pm
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Jack,

Don't lick cocobolo wood, I think it's poisonous, although I'm not sure how poisonous it is. I've used it for forend tips and inserts for Ballard #6 levers in place of epony. It's nice 'cause you don't have to varnish it, you just polish it.
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Reply #9 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 9:52pm
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Weren't S&W Magna grips cocobolo?
  
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Reply #10 - Jan 19th, 2020 at 10:37pm
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Yes, I think you can buy Cocobola pistol grips. If you work with Cocobola wood you're supposed wear a resperator, 'cause some folks are allergic to it, so you don't want the sawdust in your lungs.
  
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oneatatime wrote on Jan 19th, 2020 at 9:52pm:
Weren't S&W Magna grips cocobolo?


Goncalo Alves was the material.
  
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Reply #12 - Jan 20th, 2020 at 12:54pm
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Vall, I thought he was the guy who made the grips;-)
  
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Reply #13 - Jan 24th, 2020 at 11:02am
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oneatatime wrote on Jan 20th, 2020 at 12:54pm:
Vall, I thought he was the guy who made the grips;-)


Yes, and of course the wood was named after him when he did such great work with it! Wink
  
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