Quote Originally Posted by Airsporterman View Post
I have certainly heard of this before and would believe it possible, as I say, BSA had difficulty obtaining suitable wood for stocks, especially during the war years.
The whole concept of 3 piece stocks (I believe) would be down to the fact it's easier to make a stock out of 3 smaller pieces of wood than out of 1 piece - I may be wrong but it would make sense!
I saw one Mk1 stock that was made out of 3 very differing colours of walnut - cannot say I liked it!

ASM
Agree with all of that. I’d note in passing that the very first (1947-48) Webley Mk3s were stocked in birch, because of limited availability and/or high cost of walnut blanks.