They sure made purdy stocks back in the day

[eeler1]

This is off a early 1950's silver streak.  Put some elbow grease into cleaning it up, was pretty gunked up, like someone spilled sticky stuff on it and never wiped it off.  Worked in a little Maccari 'gunstock mud' and voila, who would have known.  Cool how the look changes as you view it from one end to the other.  Pictures don't quite capture it.  Refinishing wood really isn't in my wheelhouse, but boy this is one may get me doing it.

[plymouthairrifle]

Great save!!

[Air Head]

Beautiful! And doesn't look dinged up at all!

[TooJung2Die]

You found a very good looking tiger's eye walnut stock. Some very nice looking walnut was used by Sheridan back in the day. I don't think they graded it or sorted it, you had the luck of the draw when buying. Back in the 1970's a friend of mine had another friend that worked at a sporting goods store. They let him inspect all the Blue Streaks so he could buy the best looking stock. He always had the best looking guns.

My Sheridan had a similar story. A friend had two non working Blue Streaks. If I fixed them both I could keep one. The stock finish on the one I kept had gone muddy and almost opaque but I could see something interesting was underneath. I refinished it with Tru-Oil. The colors change as you change the viewing angle.

[Hoosier Daddy]

My lowly old Benji 342..

[threesuns]

Eye candy for sure!

[45flint]

Not the best pic but Crosman had a few as well.

[bantam5s]

My lowly old Benji 342..

This has gotta be one of the best looking 342's out there, and if it had the pressed checkering it would probably be the nicest 342's out there.

[Hoosier Daddy]

My lowly old Benji 342..

This has gotta be one of the best looking 342's out there, and if it had the pressed checkering it would probably be the nicest 342's out there.

Thank you David.
 The search for a 342 from my childhood is what brought me to GTA many moons ago.
My original was lost in a house fire back in the late '80's
This replacement one I found is the last pumper I will ever let go of!

[RBQChicken]

My lowly old Benji 342..

As Homer Simpson would say "Grrrrgggggllllle....."  (drooling sound)

[TennX]

 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️…….

[avator]

Mesquite on one of my 2100s.

[airgunaut]

Mesquite on one of my 2100s.

The manufacturer made mesquite stocks? Or did someone custom make it? Never heard of mesquite wood used for carved or shaped products. Just wood for barbecue or fires.

[avator]

Custom made by another member here.. E. Gillman. I also have a couple sets in walnut but they don't match up to the mesquite. You can Google Mesquite gun stocks and see lots of examples of them.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Some of the Crosman Elm stocks had a lot of figuring.

[Air Head]

Well,

I thought this thread might end up going this way.
Shameless self-indulgence...
I'm all in.. 

[avator]

Never know what you might find under that nasty wash they put on those Chinese guns..
This is what was under it on an FD-PCP and redone in an old school jail house coffee ground stain.

[45flint]

Well,

I thought this thread might end up going this way.
Shameless self-indulgence...
I'm all in.. 

Wow that some nice wood.  Usually never on the pump handle.

[Back_Roads]

 I have a 760 with a nice tiger stripe tootsie roll pump handle and plane jane stock LOL

[5mm]

Well,

I thought this thread might end up going this way.
Shameless self-indulgence...
I'm all in.. 

That’s a very nice looking stock, on that rifle. :-)