Bui. 909, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE XI. 



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Fig. I. — Stock of a United States Army Rifle. 



a, blank; b, finished stock; c, front hand guard. 



Fig. 2. — Evolution of an Air-Rifle Stock from the Plain Blank to the 



Finished Stock. 



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Fig. 3. — Evolution of a Shotgun Butt from the Rough Blank to the 



Finished Stock. 



These butts are sometimes made from waste rotary veneer cores. 



