Anyone try these guys for M14s stocks

[fat but funky]

Hi Folks,

Anyone ever buy one of the stocks at this URL

http://www.wenig.com/m1a_scope_stock.html

Just looking to see if anyone has any experience with them

Fat

 

[sixty9santa]

Nice stock........but pricey tho!

 

[snipz]

cool looking stocks!!!

 

[Kano]

I like the built in cheek rest.

 

[Turf]

I bought one 3 years ago and it is still sitting on a shelf in my shop. The wood is outstanding in grain and texture but be prepared to put a lot of hours into it. It is what may be loosely termed as a 75% finished press fit. You have to supply your own metal if that's the way you want to go but in any case it must be bedded.

The stock comes oversized so you have to take down a lot of wood to get a good comfortable weight and fit. Same thing with the handguard.

I have seen firsthand some beautifully finished Wenigs. So, if you are a woodworker, have the time and patience and tools to finish the inletting and do a bedding job, you will have an awesome stock. Hopefully I'll get around to mine this winter.

 

[fat but funky]

Sorry for being dense but when you say "supply your own metal" do you mean the barreled action or is there some other "metal" I should be aware of.

Thanks

Fat

 

[Ripstop]

In these wood stocks, there is a metal stock liner. There will be one in your Norinco balsa wood stock. You'll see two discs (one on either side) that screw the liner to the stock.

 

[fat but funky]

Thanks for the clarification.

So, I can take the metal stock liners from the Norinco stock and transfer them to the Wenig stock?

What exactly do the stock liners do anyway?

thanks for the edumacation

Fat

 

[eltorro]

Stock liners will support the rifle and the recoil of your rifle with a larger distribution area then the bare wood. (no recoil lug) The fiberglass stocks do not need liners for the aforementioned reasons. I like wood too, but like turf said, for a good one, there's a lot of work. I spent hours just to get the chiwood one looking decent.... and then leaving it on a shelf forever.

 

[Turf]

Also, you would need a stock ferrule for the Wenig (not supplied).

The stock liner on a wood stock also acts as a guide for the receiver lugs to mate mate with locking mechanism of the trigger guard. Field strip your rifle a few times and you'll see what I mean.

Eltorro is right. The USGI synthetic stocks are built to accept the receiver without the need of a liner.

Like many after market stocks (except for certain aluminum and synthetics), the Wenig requires bedding. This is a must.