What's your favorite kind of stock

I love beautiful timber.
Laminates are ok and if I was target shooting I'd be fitting one due to the stability they add by the extra weight and also because they come in a wide range of incredibly funky colours.
Synthetics also have a place, particularly when you're dragging a rifle through seven kinds of hells.
But for a really classic stock you can't go past good walnut, one that looks like the swirls in a good single malt. ;)
 
Synthetic despite all its virtues reminds me of todays cars. Plastic and fake chrome/wood in more plastic:( . I am old school I am superficial and looks are important to me in both a pride of ownership and a hey lookit me factor.

In my home I upgrade to wood and stone I unfortunately have to purchase plastics whenever cost /availabilty factor in.
For example,
I still would rather have my 51" Hitachi in a wood trim rather than plastic.
I hate plastic warm or cold it just does not float my boat.Plastic synthetics are a nessesary evil imo.

Cheers
Tim
 
Synthetic despite all its virtues reminds me of todays cars.
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They remind me of todays cars as well.The fuel injection,electronic ignition,four wheel disc brakes and modern suspension result in a car that outperforms its predecessors in every way,from mileage to power,to braking and handling.No chrome to rust,or silly vinyl tops to fade and rot,just a safer superior automobile.
 
stubblejumper said:
They remind me of todays cars as well.The fuel injection,electronic ignition,four wheel disc brakes and modern suspension result in a car that outperforms its predecessors in every way,from mileage to power,to braking and handling.No chrome to rust,or silly vinyl tops to fade and rot,just a safer superior automobile.
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Talking finish and asthetics not technical superiority. Sheesh do you work for the media ?
Talk about getting taken out of context.:D

I like the new Ford 2006 GT500 but somehow the 69 Shelby GT 500 with all of its rot, chrome ,vinyl and lack of power :rolleyes: would find itself in my garage before a 2006/07 if it was finacially feasible.


Some people like antiques roadshow some like pimp my ride.

OOps this was the gun forum right? My bad :redface:
Never mind me stubblejumper I am to old school /stone age and I would rather my computer be wood and my keyboard keys be ivory if I had my choice.
 
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I am to old school /stone age and I would rather my computer be wood and my keyboard keys be ivory if I had my choice.
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Thankfully, you don't have that choice, otherwise your computer would be swelling with any increased humidity and your keyboard cracking.:cool:
 
Talking finish and asthetics not technical superiority. Sheesh do you work for the media ?
Talk about getting taken out of context.

I like the new Ford 2006 GT500 but somehow the 69 Shelby GT 500 with all of its rot, chrome ,vinyl and lack of power would find itself in my garage before a 2006/07 if it was finacially feasible.


Some people like antiques roadshow some like pimp my ride.

OOps this was the gun forum right? My bad
Never mind me stubblejumper I am to old school /stone age and I would rather my computer be wood and my keyboard keys be ivory if I had my choice.
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Synthetic all the way. My guns are the beaters, using them and not fearing to put marks and scratches feels much better than admiring the safe queen's walnut (not that I have one...). Same with cleaning - wipe'em oil leaks with a paper towel and forget.
 
I really love wood in all it's forms and guises. For laminates, through the walnut on my .303's, to the shellac on my Mosin Nagant. However, if I have to drag said rifle through snow, rain and mud I really start to appriciate a nice light synthetic stock. Also, an AR15 would just just plain wierd with wood furniture
 
Highly figured Turkish Walnut, French Walnut, Claro & American Black Walnut,
in that order ( Nice piece, Frank ) and on classic black powder pieces, fiddleback (tiger-stripe) maple.

Don't like plywood or tupperware, but do admit
to owning one - camo synthetic (after market Max 4 HD) on a
Remington 870 Express that only goes to the Duck Blind ( they will take
a lot of abuse !!! )
 
Don't like plywood or tupperware, but do admit
to owning one - camo synthetic (after market Max 4 HD) on a
Remington 870 Express that only goes to the Duck Blind ( they will take
a lot of abuse !!! )
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guilty , I have a plywood as well. :rolleyes:
Plastic has its place, AR rifles, and super soakers:D
 
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'Nuff said.
 
Very sweet rifle :cool:
Some folks say, darn thats too nice to take in the woods , I think of it a bit weird most would seem to say. The way I figure it, life is so short, enjoy the nice toys !!!!! you could have your life snuffed out in a instant, healthy or sick. :D Have a great day :D
 
I am a traditionalist, I guess, and concur with all who posted on their preference for a beautiful piece of walnut on a properly finished blued rifle.
I am always on a quest for nicely figured wood, and have managed to find some spectacular factory stocks, as well as a couple of very nice aftermarket items with the eye catching appeal that is so highly sought after.
Nevertheless, they get hunted, since my rifles are not solely showpieces, but functional tools. If I am going to face tough conditions, then a synthetic stainless rifle will get the nod. Ugly, yes, but not as much dismay should something nasty happen to the stock. Regards, Eagleye.
 
A man that loves a wooden boat is like a man that loves a woman that dresses in black leather and carries whips and chains. Either way you are gonna take a lot of punishment! Gunstocks can spend more time out of the weather and water, so it isn't so bad. I like nice wood on guns, but can't afford and don't aspire to hand cut checkering, hand engraved game scenes and guns that cost so much I'd be scared s***less to carry them into the bush. It is like buying a commemorative Winchester and keeping it unfired in the box. If you want to buy a Picasso or a gun to hang on the wall, go for it. I just want to shoot the @#$%^&*.
 
I have one laminate and one plastic in the collection, and both of those are replacements. All the rest are original wooden stocks, and I like'em that way. Most are walnut, but I do have an older Husqvarna in beech. Most of my guns are old, and they look best in blued steel and walnut. I'm getting up in years myself, and have been involved in hunting of one sort or another for more than 45 years. My guns and those of many of my hunting partners have seen their fair share of wet conditions and severe weather over the years, and I have yet to see a confirmed case of a mis-shapen wooden stock resulting in a gun shooting so poorly that game was lost. I know that wooden stocks can swell and twist, and in some cases affect accuracy, but I think the whole matter of the stability offered synthetic and laminate stocks, particularly in hunting rifles, is much fuss about very little.
 
FWIW

I *still* think that a good quaity synthetic stock looks BETTER than 99% of the wood stocks out there. Properyl sealed or not.;)

If you have EXCEPTIONAL wood, then it is nice. I liek EXCEPIONAL wood in my furniture and in the trim of my house.

But to my eye, most factory wood is FUGLY.
 
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