You raise an excellent question about the inlays. If ivory, you won't be able to legally sell the rifle with inlays in place...though personally I would be highly unlikely to want to sell such a beauty!
I agree. Hard to say for sure, but it looks like the forearm has significantly less figure, and the butt, while pretty, doesn’t have the strong contrast and movement you see in high grade stocks. I believe this stock would be ranked A grade.I would consider that AA or A+. AAA typically has exemplary figure through the entirety of the stock, from butt to tip.
I have to think that they covered a check or other defect.The inlays take away from the wood and are probably imitation ivory. Nice rifle, does it shoot?
This is not true .. you can still buy and sell ivory ... You cannot export or import ..I am friends with David warther the largest broker of legal ivory in the country .. he supplies gun products pistol grips .. parts for billiard cues .. piano keys and to carvers ... And he is an artist in his own right.Well then I guess they're absolutely NOT ivory.
Inlays could very easily be bone. If you have a good quality close up pic of the inlays I could tell you with some certainty what it is. I've been working with all kinds of ivory for years.
Stock Forearms, in Rifles, SHOULD HAVE "Straight Grain",.. DUE to, end stage, Warping, "over Time", Accuracy and POI, "shifting Problems", that come with, fully DRIED, wood.I agree. Hard to say for sure, but it looks like the forearm has significantly less figure, and the butt, while pretty, doesn’t have the strong contrast and movement you see in high grade stocks. I believe this stock would be ranked A grade.
That said, the value of the stock is probably in the checkering and inlay, particularly if they are both done to an exceptional quality that stands out as unique in person.