Stocks on Sporting Guns
- Thread starter Dosing
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I am much more concerned about a consistant point of impact under all conditions than how a rifle looks.Thats why all of my hunting rifles wear mcmillan stocks.I would rather kill the animal quickly and cleanly than try to impress them with a fancy looking rifle. :mrgreen:
- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
I'm surprised that the wood number is as high as it is.
I use wood stocks pretty well exclusively.
All my rifles have been bedded or are in the process of being bedded in glass, and I have seen as many problems with synthetic as wood as far as accurcay goes ( including the best in the business)
Plus, I have not seen a synthetic stock for a Ruger no.1 or a Browning single shot! :roll:
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I use wood stocks pretty well exclusively.
All my rifles have been bedded or are in the process of being bedded in glass, and I have seen as many problems with synthetic as wood as far as accurcay goes ( including the best in the business)
Plus, I have not seen a synthetic stock for a Ruger no.1 or a Browning single shot! :roll:
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- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
Do you know who made the stock? 
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I want only synthetic stocks for my hunting. I like nice rifles (nice in my eyes)
For the most part, factory wood stocks these days are ugly, anyway.
If I was to get a nice wood stock made ofr my rifles, they would just get bashed and beat. And then I would be worried abotu my stock geting beat up, and not the hunt.
On my recent sheep hunt, I took my brand new, pristine 300WSM wiht a synthetic stock and stainless barrel.
On the second stal;k I made, we were in steep, rocky, and then muddy, terrain. Wehn we finished the stalk and got back up the hill, I looked at my rofle. Scrapes all over it, a few dings, even a scratch on the barrel.
I didn't care, to me it just looked liek a rifle that had been baptised. If it had been bue/walnut I wouold have been frettting over the scratchon the barrel (now a rust magnet) and all the dings and scratches that "mar" the walnut.
Now, my S/S just looks liek a gun that has been hunted wiht, but a walnut one would look pissed off! 8)
For the most part, factory wood stocks these days are ugly, anyway.
If I was to get a nice wood stock made ofr my rifles, they would just get bashed and beat. And then I would be worried abotu my stock geting beat up, and not the hunt.
On my recent sheep hunt, I took my brand new, pristine 300WSM wiht a synthetic stock and stainless barrel.
On the second stal;k I made, we were in steep, rocky, and then muddy, terrain. Wehn we finished the stalk and got back up the hill, I looked at my rofle. Scrapes all over it, a few dings, even a scratch on the barrel.
I didn't care, to me it just looked liek a rifle that had been baptised. If it had been bue/walnut I wouold have been frettting over the scratchon the barrel (now a rust magnet) and all the dings and scratches that "mar" the walnut.
Now, my S/S just looks liek a gun that has been hunted wiht, but a walnut one would look pissed off! 8)
- Location
- Lakes District BC
nothing says loving like a hand crafter birds eye maple stock , fancy guns bring good tips when guiding :wink: :lol:
I prefer Wooden stocks. I have 4 rifles, 2 of which have Wooden stocks (one laminate). The other 2 have an HS-Precision Stock (Rem 700 VSF) and a Butler Creek synthetic on the .22. When I have some more money and find one I want, the 10/22 is getting a laminate stock. The way I see it, Laminates offer the benefits of both (minus the look of a nice piece of Walnut). The next rifle I buy will likely be a Mark V in .340 Wby, and it's going to have a walnut stock.
A nice wood stock is a thing of beauty. But it is difficult to ding one up (I mean emotionally difficult)
I can no longer hit the hard core hunts like I used to, so its not as much of an issue as it used to be. For example: if I was on a hike in sheep hunt the last thing I'd want to worry about is rust and a warping stock.
Maybe a wood stock with SS barreled action is the best compromise for me.
I can no longer hit the hard core hunts like I used to, so its not as much of an issue as it used to be. For example: if I was on a hike in sheep hunt the last thing I'd want to worry about is rust and a warping stock.
Maybe a wood stock with SS barreled action is the best compromise for me.
It depends what I'm doing. Chasing upland birds and out comes the figured walnut stock and the gun it's attached to. Slug hunting deer in a swamp or in a duck blind and I'll take the synthetic stock.
I don't worry about the dings in wood. They can be fixed and refinished to look like new.
I don't worry about the dings in wood. They can be fixed and refinished to look like new.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
I prefer wood, it wasn't a cosmetic thing, until I owned a synthetic for a few years, and it started to feather like down on a goose. New, I don't mind the looks of either.
What bugs me more than any other issue is that synthetics are cold. They don't return the warmth of your hands. It's much like hanging onto the barrel in that regard.
That won't be an issue for you western hunters that carry your rifle slinged most of the time. But for a close range hunter like myself, that prefers to hunt with rifle in hand 95% of the time. It's a big issue.
So, I'll keep my battered and weathered wood stocks, and let the dents talk to me as I get older.
What bugs me more than any other issue is that synthetics are cold. They don't return the warmth of your hands. It's much like hanging onto the barrel in that regard.
That won't be an issue for you western hunters that carry your rifle slinged most of the time. But for a close range hunter like myself, that prefers to hunt with rifle in hand 95% of the time. It's a big issue.
So, I'll keep my battered and weathered wood stocks, and let the dents talk to me as I get older.
