Moving away from synthetics

[50CalCal]

For the past year or so I've been replacing my synthetic stocks with wood ones. As I got older I realized that wood is warmer to the touch and definitely easier on the eyes than synthetic. With the purchase of the Boyds buttstock and forend for my ML. Five of my seven long guns have wooden stocks. The other two have Hogue over molded stocks which are kind of ugly but I like the feel of them.

 

[Eric300]

Nothing prettier than a nice English or Turkish AAA Claro Walnut stock. But you sure hate to get them all banged up!

 

[50CalCal]

That's the only issue I have with wood. Just have to look at them as very pretty tools to help you get the job done.

 

[Eric300]

The first thing I do when I bring a nice wood stock home is scratch it with a screwdriver and hit it a few times with a ball peen hammer just to get it over with! LOL

 

[Reese]

For the past year or so I've been replacing my synthetic stocks with wood ones. As I got older I realized that wood is warmer to the touch and definitely easier on the eyes than synthetic. With the purchase of the Boyds buttstock and forend for my ML. Five of my seven long guns have wooden stocks. The other two have Hogue over molded stocks which are kind of ugly but I like the feel of them.

Funny how tastes evolve, wood just feels right, like trading plastic convenience for something with actual character and warmth

 

[Topgun]

 Wood just has a way of warming up in your hands that plastic never quite manages. There's an honesty to it, something real that synthetics always seem to be trying and failing to imitate.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Nothing prettier than a nice English or Turkish AAA Claro Walnut stock. But you sure hate to get them all banged up!

You mean like this,

Claro does look nice, but for tougher hunts like this,

you are better off with some straight grained English, it's MUCH more stable and denser wood, and still looks good,

SR

 

[Eric300]

Yeah, I was thinking about something a little nicer looking.......LOL Seriously, those are freaking beauties you have there!!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

All of the claro walnut on my firearms is "California" Claro, like this one on my old Remington shotgun,

The blanks came from the root balls of "old growth" tree's that were removed for, "progress".

SR

 

[Eric300]

You have Class my friend!

 

[Don]

My compromise is laminate on some of my rifles