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    interesting new material (maybe) for stocks?


    I don't think this material will be ready for primetime anytime soon..but it's interesting to think about the new materials being developed that could possibly be used in the firearms industry. This is an article about a new process applied to wood to make it much harder and more resistant to flex and swelling.

    From the article:
    The team’s compressed wood is three times as dense as the untreated substance, Hu says, adding that its resistance to being ripped apart is increased more than 10-fold. It also can become about 50 times more resistant to compression and almost 20 times as stiff. The densified wood is also substantially harder, more scratch-resistant and more impact-resistant. It can be molded into almost any shape. Perhaps most importantly, the densified wood is also moisture-resistant: In lab tests, compressed samples exposed to extreme humidity for more than five days swelled less than 10 percent—and in subsequent tests, Hu says, a simple coat of paint eliminated that swelling entirely.
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-s-super-wood/

    My question would be how well does it absorb harmonic reverberations. You'd still want a bedding block of some sort (or glass bedding or whatever), but I'd imagine if it's wood that it would dampen harmonics much better than a metal / aluminum chassis. Tho wth do I know.

    But I'd like to see the gentlemen at McMillan, Manners, Boyds keeping an eye on stuff like this, and I'm completely sure they are.

    While I'm at it, found this article from two years ago...and I certainly haven't heard of this material in any real world applications lol. https://www.sciencealert.com/new-sup...-times-cheaper

    anyway, just bored and posting, cheers guy

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    Don’t know about compressed wood technology but your steel-Al alloy is ready for prime time. Try an internet search for POSCO Giga Steel (CR1180TRIP)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beowoulf2000 View Post
    Don’t know about compressed wood technology but your steel-Al alloy is ready for prime time. Try an internet search for POSCO Giga Steel (CR1180TRIP)
    Wonder if the inventor made a bracelet for his wife yet? : )

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    Compressed wood products are not new. Matter of fact it's been around since 1924 when William H. Mason patented it. The process has been refined since it originated to be better, but it still known in most circles as "Masonite".
    "As long as there's lead in the air....there's still hope.."

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