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