I shot my SKS so much that it melted my synthetic K-sports stock onto the barrel. It got so hot that you could melt soft-solder onto the barrel.It just started melting after 200 rounds shot in semi-auto simultaneously ( I shot 200 rounds in less than 10 minutes and loaded 10 rounds at a time with a 10 round fixed magazine). Anyways, have any of you experience this problem with other synthetic stocks? if so which ones? And are the old wood-stocks better at handling heat than the synthetic ones?I am going to pick up a wood-stock when I can and if I could find one and put it the test at the range again. I hope I do not start a bond-fire at the range and start a barbecue. I could not put my friends Ramline synthetic stock to the test due to that he had problems with his 30-rounder magazine. But I bet you he could have melted the stock onto the barrel also. My Chi-com SKS is the only gun I have in synthetic, the rest of my rifles have wood-stocks. I believe I will stay with the old wood-stock and install a rubber butt-pad on the wood-stock. Anyways I'll report as soon as I can. I may have to order it by mail. Later.