Wood or plastic stocks

[oldtiredman]

I hear wood can be a pain in damp weather, but it looks so much nicer. For someone looking at their first rifle, when so you recommend wood vs. plastic?

 

[skwerl]

I'm a traditionalist , I love Walnut.
...skwerl

 

[m1008]

This stock is plastic,

Your first rifle should be a 22 and for that it don’t matter. Your not hunting/shooting on the wet coast, southern Ontario isn’t an extreme environment

 

[sillymike]

I like wood... so thats what I buy/use. As long as the grain is sealed, it's a non issue.
- if you are trying to shoot tiny groups at long distances, and the barrel isn't free floated... maybe. But for most hunting/plinking situation, the shooter is the limiting factor.

Just my 2 cents

 

[greatwhite]

I hear wood can be a pain in damp weather, but it looks so much nicer. For someone looking at their first rifle, when so you recommend wood vs. plastic?

Wood has been used since forever. All my stocks are wood, I would never buy plastic looks like junk.

 

[fire@will]

All of my rifles, carbines, shotguns have wood stocks. Never cared for the look of "special, space age, Man-made, synthetic" stocks. Having said that, I'm not a hunter, so my guns are never beating around in the woods - if they were, I might consider having one with a synthetic stock. Wouldn't bother me so much, to get that dinged up, rather than some nice walnut.

 

[starvin]

If being out in damp weather is your concern the stock type won’t matter, neither wood or plastic rusts. Go stainless, but you’ll still have to pop the stock off for maintenance. You’re less likely to damage a synthetic taking it apart imo.