Beeman What does "select stock" mean?

[KWK]

Better picture of the R7 above. The sun washed it out in the outdoor pictures.
This is more how it looks in the flesh (wood)
My wife's lil favorite. Since about 1986 or so. I remember It was 189$ at the local Beeman dealer in New Cumberland, PA. Shelley's Sporting Goods. I still have the box.

 

[jlharden]

Better picture of the R7 above. The sun washed it out in the outdoor pictures.
This is more how it looks in the flesh (wood)
My wife's lil favorite. Since about 1986 or so. I remember It was 189$ at the local Beeman dealer in New Cumberland, PA. Shelley's Sporting Goods. I still have the box.
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Hey, buddy. I'll cover your $189 when you're ready to sell it!

 

[KWK]

Add a zero and I still couldn't do it. I'm sentimental and it will always mean too much to me. We spent so many times just wacking tin cans, etc together. And at 67 years old she still loves to when time allows. We were in our 20's when I bought it. One of my next airgun purchases was my Theoben Sirocco that I still shoot and it looks as good as the R7. Can never sell that one either. Can't
The next Christmas she bought an HW55 for me and I couldn't believe it. We weren't even married yet. What a gal!

 

[Simplemann]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My eye is liking the top one but nothing wrong with the bottom one.

 

[jlharden]

Add a zero and I still couldn't do it. I'm sentimental and it will always mean too much to me. We spent so many times just wacking tin cans, etc together. And at 67 years old she still loves to when time allows. We were in our 20's when I bought it. One of my next airgun purchases was my Theoben Sirocco that I still shoot and it looks as good as the R7. Can never sell that one either. Can't
The next Christmas she bought an HW55 for me and I couldn't believe it. We weren't even married yet. What a gal!

You have a lot of memories there! it is great when we can share our hobbies. My wife recently came out to the shooting bench to chat. I asked if she wanted to shoot some targets and she did. Started with a diopter sighted HW35, then I pulled out an R7, an HW50, and a pair of FWB300S juniors. She shot well and had a blast. She totally gets why I like to unwind with some therapeutic time at the home range. Also asked what they cost and how many of these I have? We have many more shooting sessions before she knows for sure!

 

[boscoebrea]

Wood has always been one of my favorite things,In 1981 I paid $25 more for select wood on my R-7 which I purchased at the Beeman Store outside San Rafael I could see the difference quite easily....the rifle also came with a test target,quite accurate.
Wood ,like it is said to each his own,Anyhow some wood is sold by the pound,and it is heavy.
I am prejudiced in my thinking of Aesthetics,I want flow,,it is the grain that gives the wood flow, but the better the grain and flow the more you want to showcase it, thus it does matter how you finish it.....Wood,dam I love it. I do not want orange,unless it is a soft orange and soft black-bonded wood,just right for Holloween,About 70 miles from me is a major wood supplier of select wood for almost all the rifle manufacturers..it takes years to season select wood,also it is graded,it can become very expensive,they also have a seconds bin,that is where I go. I used the word flow,I think I should mention your eyes flow and pick out the subtleties in the wood the grain,etc.,em,is that the right word, geez I was trippin'.

 

[dgeesaman]

Better picture of the R7 above. The sun washed it out in the outdoor pictures.
This is more how it looks in the flesh (wood)
My wife's lil favorite. Since about 1986 or so. I remember It was 189$ at the local Beeman dealer in New Cumberland, PA. Shelley's Sporting Goods. I still have the box.

Beautiful gun.

I grew up down the street from Shelley’s Grantville store. I dont remember my Dad ever taking me to the New Cumberland location but I was probably there. I’m pretty sure that where he bought the Daisy and Crosman pistols we shot as kids.

 

[Wadcutter]

Honestly, I don't know exactly what "Select Stock" means either. Assumed they picked out a nice piece of wood like what's on Karls R7 above.
Beeman sure liked the term "Select" though. LOL
Here's what's on an R7 box that I have. Select Condition, Select Angle and Select Group are all marked. The wood itself is about as dull and boring as you can find.

 

[KWK]

Select angle means it doesn't have barrel droop and is suitable for scope use

 

[Sawney Bean]

I paid extra for select grade walnut when I bought my CSUK stock. It's a nice stock, but I don't think the wood has any exceptional character to it at all. I think one that one thing you need to keep in mind about select wood is that unless you're really paying a premium for it it's likely just going to be the prettiest stock they happen to have at the moment and won't be anything that's going to knock your socks off.

 

[Toxylon]

British airgunners have opined that the CS UK 'select stock' option doesn't mean anything anymore, but it used to.

 

[KWK]

I paid extra for select grade walnut when I bought my CSUK stock. It's a nice stock, but I don't think the wood has any exceptional character to it at all. I think one that one thing you need to keep in mind about select wood is that unless you're really paying a premium for it it's likely just going to be the prettiest stock they happen to have at the moment and won't be anything that's going to knock your socks off.

All they really have is standard grade American (black) walnut. Pay for select and they say they'll look for a board with no sap wood but sap wood doesn't belong on a stock anyway. Should be edged off at the mill and put with the slab pile.