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  • verb Present participle of checker.

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Examples

  • His has a plastic stock with molded in checkering.

    Confessions of a Turkey Misser 2008

  • The 917 also features a black synthetic stock and molded-in checkering.

    Rifle Roundup: 27 New Guns for 2006 2006

  • My Featherweight Deluxe had eye-popping wood, flawless checkering, a fine trigger, excellent fit and finish, and superior accuracy.

    The Model 70 Reborn 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from muskiemaster wrote 29 weeks 2 days ago got to look like the look of wood, especially something with a design on it like checkering just gives it that classic gun feel to it.

    What kind of gun stock do you prefer and why? Synthetic or wood. 2009

  • The slender beauty had a 22-inch barrel, a slim fore-end with a Schnabel tip, and a ribbon-checkering pattern.

    The Model 70 Reborn 2009

  • Then there are the little touches that demonstrate the top level of user-friendly engineering: indentations on the body armor that fit the thumbs for a comfortable hold; tight checkering on the center focus knob for a better touch; extremely fine focus for close and far; and rounded eyecup rims that nestle against the eye sockets.

    Best New Binocular 2009: Kowa Genesis 33 8x33 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from muskiemaster wrote 29 weeks 2 days ago got to look like the look of wood, especially something with a design on it like checkering just gives it that classic gun feel to it.

    What kind of gun stock do you prefer and why? Synthetic or wood. 2009

  • Then there are the little touches that demonstrate the top level of user-friendly engineering: indentations on the body armor that fit the thumbs for a comfortable hold; tight checkering on the center focus knob for a better touch; extremely fine focus for close and far; and rounded eyecup rims that nestle against the eye sockets.

    Best New Binocular 2009: Kowa Genesis 33 8x33 2009

  • My Model 70 Pre 64 Winchester in 270 is my favorite bolt action rifle. i put it in an accurate innovations stock that I hand rubbed 25 coats of African Express finish from Brownells and had Tim at classic checkering work his magic on the bastogne walnut.

    If You could have just one rifle... 2009

  • My sample gun was well fit and finished overall, with deeply blued barrels, nice satin walnut with sharp laser checkering, a single selective trigger, and ejectors.

    New Lightweight Shotguns: The Browning Maxus and the Lanber Grey Stone 2009

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