who's buying stock stocks?

Jahnj0584

Jahnj0584

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One thing I don't understand. Why or who is buying the stock stock that CAME with the gun at a later date for 80-200$? I see it happens for Tikkas, CZ's, etc etc. Makes even less sense with more modern guns as the repair option isn't as common.
 
I'm looking for a Browning X Bolt Medallion wood stock because some idiot previous owner destroyed the original. So I guess the people who have damaged original stocks. Or if they want to try modifying a stock I guess...
 
I put my 10/22 stock up for sale for $30 thinking I probably wouldn't be able to give it away. Sold the next day. 🤷
 
because as it turns out, those chasis everyone likes to drop rifles into are heavy as #### and often "bang out" because they are AL.

With shortages of guns in desirable calibers some people buy a a used one in a chassis and drop it back into the hunting appropriate factory stock (like me)

Also people just looking to replace a beat up/painted/ "woops i drilled the QD mount in the wrong spot" stock with a new take off.
 
Great condition wood stocks are very hard to
find
Sometimes it pays to purchase them at a good
price and keep them
Then the gun comes along as a complete barreled action
at a very reasonable price
Did it a few times
 
A lot of guns get dropped, run over, broken in shipping etc, etc. Some can be repaired and others not so much.
Or the repair would be too visible and not the look the owner wants. Possibly because it's a reminder of what happened to it.

I've sourced take off stocks several times for others and I'm thinking about a couple for rifles I have to replace plastic ones and ones that have modified length of pull.
 
I'll buy a take-off stock if the price is right. Maybe I want to experiment with modifying it, or even keep it as a spare.
 
I bought a standard 10/22 wood stock for cheap and modified it to fit my takedown version. Because I could I guess.
 
I buy them occasionally. Most of the ones I've sold I wish I had back at least once before. I like to tinker, and having a spare means no-risk tinkering. Save the original, bed the replacement. Or drill in some pillars. Or mount a section of rail. Or at-home rattle-can or sponge camo. Or some other permanent modification.
 
I bought a Hogue off a Ruger Alaskan, put my M77 338 into it and stuck the laminate wood stock in the corner. Did it because I liked how that style of stock fit me and the price was right. Now I'm thinking the laminate take off should be up for sale.
 
I've bought & sold factory stock rifle stocks before.

Like someone said, sometimes the original on your rifle was pooched & needs a replacement.

Sometimes, it's because one was a good deal & sometimes it's just because. ;)

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NAA.
 
I bought a 783 stock to shorten and bed for a junior shooter. Now he or the wife can shoot it with a stock swap.
 
I have bought wood or laminate stocks to replace synthetic ones and I sold at least a couple of Bell and Carlson style stocks, one off a Winchester Extreme and another off a Sako Roughtech after I replaced them with laminate, bought a nicely grained walnut stock to replace a beat up one on a 98. I am quite often looking on the EE for different stocks and have even bought a rifle for the stock to go on an existing rifle, and then sold the rifle I just purchased with a synthetic stock.
 
I bought a laminate stock to replace a cheap synthetic I didn’t like. I got a good deal on the gun but it wasn’t exactly what I wanted. Also you might just buy a gun and change your mind later. Never hurts to have options
 
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