![]() This type of checkering is often seen on older English guns. Just deep shallow grooves with parallel walls cut into the wood. The grooves are cut under a zero degree angle. On the checkered area the surface will be broken so that the figure of the wood may be not so visible depending upon the quality and coarseness of the checkering job and of course the wood itself. The checkering can be a bit to sharp especially after long shooting sessions or on heavy recoiling guns. The checkering consists of sharply pointed diamonds that give a good grip and the grooves are self cleaning due to their open angle of 90 degrees. This is the most common type of checkering. The grooves are cut under a 90 degree angle (sometimes 60 degree). In this technique lines are simply skipped at regular interval creating a tartan like effect hence it is also called Scottish checkering. Another variety is skip line or French checkering. Most commonly applied techniques are pointed, flattop and semi flattop checkering. The checkering can be cut in several ways. ![]() ![]() Checkering was not a new thing of course but patterns and ways of application were usually different. Checkering is not really neccessary on most stocks, so the decorative aspect is probably the most important.Ĭheckering in its current form started to occur about 150 years ago. To wick perspiration away from the hands during shooting and as decoration. The function of checkering is to give the shooter more grip on the stock especially when wet or greasy. In the English literature, checkering is often spelled 'chequering'. Checkering are rows of parallel grooves that cross at a given angle to form little diamond shapes.
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