Wood is for Fires . QUALITY SYNTHECTIC ! stocks are far better than wood ! It’s a FACT ! RJ
Are wood stocks ever functionally better than synthetic?
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Once again...eye of the beholder...
We each got the gun we are happy with; win/win!
...to your eye.
Try to remember: there is never, ever, nowhere, at any time or place...any such thing as an absolute.
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Wood is for fires like plastic is for garbage cans. To each his own. BTW, "QUALITY SYNTHECTIC ! stocks are far better than wood ! It’s a FACT" no, that is an opinion and you are entitled to yours.
Wood is for Fires . QUALITY SYNTHECTIC ! stocks are far better than wood ! It’s a FACT ! RJ
Kind of along the same lines of, according to arguments in this thread, what should be the ultimate stock material and best of both worlds...Beaver-Barf! part wood, part plastic just check out the figuring in this fine stock...perfection!
For how many years have wood stocks been around? 200 years? 300 years? 400 years? Or more ...
We know what wood stocks can do and how long they will live .... and what needs to be done to preserve them ....
But for how long have synthetic stocks been around?
50 years? 60 years?
Only time will tell how they will hold up in the long run ....
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I remember those ski boots from the 1980s that I wanted to sell .... hardly used .... but when I got them out from the basement and to ship the pair to the buyer .... they just disintegrated and fell apart just by touching them .... :-(
We know what wood stocks can do and how long they will live .... and what needs to be done to preserve them ....
But for how long have synthetic stocks been around?
50 years? 60 years?
Only time will tell how they will hold up in the long run ....
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I remember those ski boots from the 1980s that I wanted to sell .... hardly used .... but when I got them out from the basement and to ship the pair to the buyer .... they just disintegrated and fell apart just by touching them .... :-(
Awesome! Grain structure running perfectly to prevent splitting; even colouration and figuring throughout; literally, the worst of both worlds.
Along the same lines is the artificially-grained and -coloured wood stocks used by some of the Europeans. Feels just as nice as wood, can look very attractive...but if you get a scratch, you can forget about fixing it as you would with real wood. I have seen one such stock, apparently with a swirly transparent "film" applied on very ordinary wood, which the owner had begun to lightly sand before applying some wood to conceal a smallish scratch.
Very bad idea.
Along the same lines is the artificially-grained and -coloured wood stocks used by some of the Europeans. Feels just as nice as wood, can look very attractive...but if you get a scratch, you can forget about fixing it as you would with real wood. I have seen one such stock, apparently with a swirly transparent "film" applied on very ordinary wood, which the owner had begun to lightly sand before applying some wood to conceal a smallish scratch.
Very bad idea.
One last chime in... and a reminder. The question that was asked "Nice hardwood makes a beautiful coffee table. However, are wood stocks ever functionally better than synthetic?"
Answers were given... and in true form... everyone gives their opinion. Then wants their opinion to be fact. A fact... not the fact, again, a fact, is, that a synthetic material can be engineered to not only outperform any natural material, but be made to look the same as well. Look no further than your kitchen countertop. So, be very certain that if a fella wanted a synthetic stock to look like wood, and really look it, he could get it, and it would be very difficult to tell the difference.
As far as plastics falling apart, rest assured, if your synthetic stock was going to do so, it would have so by now. Think Nylon 66. If you're that concerned, rub sun tan lotion on it, as it will be the UV that breaks down the resin.
Both Synthetic and Lumber, btw, and enjoy them both very much, on rifles that suit them best, for purposes that fit.
R.
Seems to be a common problem with synthetic stocks. You hear about it happening all the time.
Remington has revolutionized the firearm industry from day 1. After the SPS Wood-tech was unveiled, all other stock types are irrelevant. Dare I say obsolete.
did not work too much at the end for them lol ....
