Dubie Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Does anyone else miss them? It seems you just can't find a gun with a wood sock these days. Its all black synthetic, or camo. It may be lighter, or more practical, harder for game to spot, but I think it just looks plain ugly to look at compared to even the old cheap guns I have laying around with faded old wood stocks with nicks and gouges all over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny garyyamamoto Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 i will not buy a gun unless its wood only guns i have that are not wood are muzzleloaders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I LOVE wood stocks. They just feel right in my hands when I am out hunting. Here is my latest addition. Turkish Walnut ....just perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tped Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Have to love a good wood stock. Classic lines and looks but for allot of western hunting or northern hunting it is hard to beat stainless synthetics. I have my nicer wood stocks for pleasure and use my stainless for working guns. Both can co-exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Well, I don't realy hate my synthetic stocked guns. They just don't feel the same as a good wooden stock. I wish more guns came off the shelf with wood as an option. Even my Baretta Stamped, replica of a Colt SAA, comes with a crappy feeling plastic hand grip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I love wood stocks too! All of my guns except for one have the wood stock. Everything except my Remington 597HB .22LR, it's got the laminated one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 You can find both types around these parts, I'll take either one as long as the synthetic is a quality one such as a Mc Millan or H-S Precission. I usually wont pass up a rifle if it has some nice wood on it. Here is a Ruger MK II I found recently. Pretty nice piece of lumber on it for a factory rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Guess I pretty well started out with synthetic with a model 700 adl a good time back, may not be the most eye appealing, but it certainly has gotten the job done and is easy to get back to looking just about as it did when it was bought. I do like nice wood stocks too though, hoping to add a new bolt rifle to my collection with pretty wood this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 While I do love the look a great wood stock, IMO you can't beat a synthetic stock on a workhorse. I.E.-my slug gun 500 Mossberg w/ synthtic stock versus my new Tikka T3 for stnd hunting. I wouldn't dream of soing what I did w/ my synthetic stock to that pretty wood stock. Shotguns its the same thing. I just need to nick up my new O/U and my new to me auto 20 Remington 1187 premier upland....They both are real lookers, and am gonna hate myself when I scuff them up, but they are hunting weapons, not corner queens.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 my brother was having the same problem when he was buying his new .223 he couldnt find one at all we searched high and low with a gun with a nice woodstock, until the fellas at megasports introduced him to the CZ .223 in wood stock, shes a beaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 You can find both types around these parts, I'll take either one as long as the synthetic is a quality one such as a Mc Millan or H-S Precission. I usually wont pass up a rifle if it has some nice wood on it. Here is a Ruger MK II I found recently. Pretty nice piece of lumber on it for a factory rifle. WOW! That is the nicest factory stock I have every seen. Looks like a custom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubie Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I don't know. Work horse or not, I prefer the feel of wood. Besides, with a little sanding and re-varnashing, you can fix up scuffs and make it look new again. Besides, the odd scuff and chip gives a gun more character in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Love my Encore with the walnut finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 nothing beats the look of real wood, here's my stock i made my 300 win mag with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksheephuntress Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 i will not buy a gun unless its wood only guns i have that are not wood are muzzleloaders ......and ALL of our muzzleloaders have wood stocks.....(.45,.50,.54,.58...and the 12 ga ml shotgun...)-All T.C., except for (my:D) .58 cal(custom) ....I love and appreciate wood as well....but, seriously...as TYPD previously mentioned....doing any hunting up here; or mountain traversing, side-hilling, tundra ...a synthetic stock is a really a God-send....and...I won't hunt with anything but an A-bolt... -Gee...that Turkish Walnut you have there, Ironbuck..-and all your rifles you have pictured are BEAUTIFUL!...Ohiobuck...love your Encore!...Double A...beautiful Ruger...we have a Ruger Mark 2 mod 77 .338 with a nice wood stock like that..(I think yours is nicer...)...and , really impressive job,Wyohunter!-like the hole, saves on weight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 nothing beats the look of real wood, here's my stock i made my 300 win mag with great job on that cochise thumbhole. i had a harry lawson with one, and loved it. all my rifles have wood, but all are beat up. my guns are tools, not trophies. lol. anyway, if i were to buy a new gun, i'd get only synthetic for weight and practicality. i now only have "working guns":) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 thanks but this rifle has taken down a whitetail 4x4 buck...8 pointer to you eastern count guys.... my 6x6 bull elk, my 4x4 mulie and a texas dall sheep.... i built it to use and look pretty.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksheephuntress Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 thanks but this rifle has taken down a whitetail 4x4 buck...8 pointer to you eastern count guys.... my 6x6 bull elk, my 4x4 mulie and a texas dall sheep.... i built it to use and look pretty.. ...Hey, I just HAVE to ask....I've heard this term a couple of times....but-please- can you enlighten me to as JUST WHAT is a TEXAS DALL SHEEP??? -I honestly have never heard of one, until a few posts here, and on Camospace....?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I really don't like synthetics either, I'm a wood fan through and through. For the most part every gun I've been interested in over the last few years at least has a wood version. I will say this though, my BPS 3 1/2er in synthetic and is absolutely beat to H***. I'd hate to see what it would look like if it were wood. I think for a serious waterfowl gun it's the right choice to go synthetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I agree with the wood. I buy all my guns with the "birch" stocks, then replace them with high quality laminated ones. You still have wood, but is much more durable, not to mention how nice they can look. too_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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