I've begun to refinish a stock on a marlin model 25 and cant belive they would cover such a beautiful piece of wood!I'm not sure what kind of wood it is but the grain is very busy and I used a natural stain that brought out the grain if i knew how i'd share the pic w/y'all it is my squrril rifle and is pretty accurate out to 100yds[groundhogs head shots]and head shots on tree rats are a gimme out to 50yds