getting tired of black plastic. yall like that?
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I much prefer a wood stock on a bolt action rifle, I did buy a synthetic stock Ruger M77 several years ago, It really annoyed me, mainly because the stock was really light so it always felt barrel heavy, when you slung it over your shoulder it wanted to creep upside down on you, I sold the rifle on consignment at a LGS.
I don't mind polymer at all on an AR or most pistols.
I don't mind polymer at all on an AR or most pistols.
bamaranger
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harlot
After hunting for years with a classic walnut stocked Win M88, I retired it and bought a synthetic M700 ADL. I sat there with it on many a deer stand and felt like I was consorting with a......harlot.
It was hollow and made odd noises if brushed or bumped. It was cold to the touch, literally....there seemed to be no warmth in it on cold days at all. And it lacked class or personality, it was just a poly thing that held the action.
But you could work it, abuse it, neglect it, and it cared not. Soak it in the rain, wack it and out of the truck or shooting house, and it didn't matter. I've come to appreciate that ADL, and 2-3 others in my stable, for no frills work horses that get the job done. But they're like simple, pure tools. A hammer, pliers. No emotional attachment. No heart or soul.
I've still got a real soft spot for wood, and am not offended by the various natural toned laminates.
Oh yeah, that wood furnitured AR, not for me, too much cross culture.
After hunting for years with a classic walnut stocked Win M88, I retired it and bought a synthetic M700 ADL. I sat there with it on many a deer stand and felt like I was consorting with a......harlot.
It was hollow and made odd noises if brushed or bumped. It was cold to the touch, literally....there seemed to be no warmth in it on cold days at all. And it lacked class or personality, it was just a poly thing that held the action.
But you could work it, abuse it, neglect it, and it cared not. Soak it in the rain, wack it and out of the truck or shooting house, and it didn't matter. I've come to appreciate that ADL, and 2-3 others in my stable, for no frills work horses that get the job done. But they're like simple, pure tools. A hammer, pliers. No emotional attachment. No heart or soul.
I've still got a real soft spot for wood, and am not offended by the various natural toned laminates.
Oh yeah, that wood furnitured AR, not for me, too much cross culture.
Nine the Ranger
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Being a newer shooter I rather like plastic, but I appreciate fine,walnut and blued steel very much. Those just ooze class.
A rather like that wood stocked AR.
Doesn't someone around her have a dead sexy wood stock AR in 9mm?
A rather like that wood stocked AR.
Doesn't someone around her have a dead sexy wood stock AR in 9mm?
1- How precise do you need to be? My wood stocked rifle seems to work year after year .....
2- That extra weight mitigates recoil*, and keeps your arms from getting all wussified.
No emotional attachment to your tools? You have not spent enough quality time together, methinks!
*The laminated stock on my Ruger Frontier is actually heavier/denser than a wood stock. I do like it..... the noisy, flimsy plastic stocks on all the "enrty level" guns (Ruger American/Savage Axis/MossbergWhatever it is/etc.) out there? Yuck ... I don't care what color they are, thay are pure-D sucktastic.
Ridge_Runner_5
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I used to be all about the black rifles. Lately, though, I've been getting more....rustic.
I agree that blued and nicewood guns are much nicer to look at but almost every long gun ive purchased in the last 10 years have been stainless/ synthetic models.
if I scratch up a synthetic stock walking thru a briar patch or pine thicket on a ADL it doesnt bother me. if I had a nice CDL and gouged it on something id be sick so I just dont buy them.
I like to use my firearms and not worry about things like that.
if i was a bench shooter id probably buy more nicer looking ones.
if I scratch up a synthetic stock walking thru a briar patch or pine thicket on a ADL it doesnt bother me. if I had a nice CDL and gouged it on something id be sick so I just dont buy them.
I like to use my firearms and not worry about things like that.
if i was a bench shooter id probably buy more nicer looking ones.
One of the rifles still on my list of "must haves" is a curly maple stocked, "Kentucky" rifle. I don't think I could ever get tired of looking at the beautiful natural tiger striping that some of those rifles show.
I have a half dozen FAL's which I built myself. One of the parts kits I received was in all but mint condition - no wear marks and not a scratch on the original armory paint. For that FAL I ordered a stock set of American walnut.
Even a modern, semi-auto rifle looks better in wood.
I have a half dozen FAL's which I built myself. One of the parts kits I received was in all but mint condition - no wear marks and not a scratch on the original armory paint. For that FAL I ordered a stock set of American walnut.
Even a modern, semi-auto rifle looks better in wood.
ligonierbill
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Got one of those long, elegant tiger maple guys hanging on the wall. OK, this one is a fowler (.62 smoothbore), but it's pretty and deadly. However, it's actually kind of fragile, it lights off with a sharp rock, and that big old round ball starts slow and loses steam within 100 yards. I still love it. Love my blue-and-walnut rifles, too. But some of these plastic or composite stocks are more stable in bad or changing weather. The composite on my Rem 700 VS doesn't look or feel cheap. Now, the Savage Weather Warrior, that's just plain ugly. But if I get to spend a week on the Alaskan peninsula, or if the Colorado Rockies welcome me like last time, I'm packing that. Just keep the snow out of the barrel, and I'm good to go.