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11-17-2008, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Whitecourt
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Stock preference
What kind of stock does everyone prefer? I tend to prefer a walnut stock. I just like the feel of wood better. But I'm curious as to what other shooters like.
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11-17-2008, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Republic of Alberta
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Hi Matt,
I'm with you regarding wood. I purchase a rifle 40% caliber I want and 60% the look of the wood. Has to be amazing wood or I'll walk away. With that being said I just picked up my first synthetic stock, something I said I would never do but.....wanted something to survive quading and not beat up a nice piece of wood.
just my 2 cents
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11-17-2008, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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stocks
Wood, or laminate. Laminate for their durability and wood for the traditional warm look and feel.
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11-17-2008, 10:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
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Any wood will do as long as it is walnut!
I have one laminate target rifle, the rest are all solid wood .
Cat
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11-17-2008, 10:58 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Red Deer
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Gotta stay with wood, I have a few that I stripped and re-stained these guns are 40 years old and still look beautiful.
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11-18-2008, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Stettler, Alberta
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Synthetic
I like synthetic.
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11-18-2008, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dreadful Valley
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I like stocks that fit me.
Wood, Lam, Syn or real Fibergalss, it dont matter, as long as it fits my frame.
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11-18-2008, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by decker
I like synthetic.
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Anyone know who still makes after market synthetic/composite stocks in Canada. I see Ramline won't ship to Canada any longer. I'd like to get one for my '70s Winchester Mdl. 70 Featherlight and am having a problem finding anything decent.........
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11-18-2008, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Strathcona County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dick284
I like stocks that fit me.
Wood, Lam, Syn or real Fibergalss, it dont matter, as long as it fits my frame.
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11-22-2008, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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I prefer the feel of wood but the durability of synthetic. A good compromise is a laminated wood stock.
Last edited by EagleEye54; 11-24-2008 at 10:37 PM.
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11-24-2008, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Leslieville
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There was an outfit in Edmonton that made custom fibreglass stocks but their name eludes me. Corlane Sporting Goods uses them (or did a few years ago).
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11-24-2008, 05:04 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 600
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Wildcat stocks from Sherwood Park area
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11-24-2008, 05:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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McMillan for me. To my eye paint looks better than so so wood which is what you get with most factory rifles.
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11-24-2008, 05:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Right where I wanna be
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Wood looks nicer, but I like synthetic cause I'm not worried about scuffing it up when I have to go through ugly spots to get the shot I want.
my $.02
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11-24-2008, 07:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: In the Rockies
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If you can find on with the feel of wood and the weight of synthetic , I'll take one.
Personally I liked the scuffs and marks on my wood stocks.... adds character
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11-24-2008, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: wmu 222, member #197
Posts: 4,907
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i want them to stand up to the abuse of the real world.i prefer kevlar, 'glass or funky type synthetics,
but not injection molded .
because i like liteweight rifles, i find the mass of laminates stocks to be too heavy and seem brittle so they chip easily.
IMO a beatup wood gunstock looks plain awful and looks even worse when filled with putty and revarnished. although ive owned my share...ive never been a fan of the blue and lumber thing.
when i think of wood stocks, i think hi end weatherbys, they seem to have the wildest lumber stocks and always catch my eye at the gun counters. early belguim brownings are so exotic they go beyond guns and are closer to works of art. Winslow rifles are other examples of wood stocks gone out of control..ivory inlays, basketweave, carvings...
http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/gunn...es/winslow.jpg
and really, have no place in the truck, at least my truck!
Last edited by roger; 11-24-2008 at 07:51 PM.
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