No more Wood?

[Hespco]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[hthunter]

I'm a sucker for pretty Wood stocks too. Picked this up today at a price I couldn't pass up. Went to buy some crickets and left with a gun. Winchester model 70 featherweight 270.

 

[milo-2]

Call me old fashion, but I don't own a single rifle that has a composite stock. Wood only.

30 yrs ago I said I'd never own a composite stock. Today, the only wood I have left is a Benelli SBE with nice wood and bluing.
Now if I collected rifles, be a different story, I am hard on things, wood and me were not meant to be.

 

[milo-2]

View attachment 218269I'm a sucker for pretty Wood stocks too. Picked this up today at a price I couldn't pass up. Went to buy some crickets and left with a gun. Winchester model 70 featherweight 270.

I loved those featherweights too, never had one that really shot though.

 

[hthunter]

I loved those featherweights too, never had one that really shot though.

I've always liked them but have been hesitant. I got such a good deal it was worth a shot.

 

[milo-2]

I've always liked them but have been hesitant. I got such a good deal it was worth a shot.

I bought my first in 1984. I would go in gun stores to buy Rem 700 Classics and walk out with another M70 Featherweight, lol

 

[J E Custom]

Over time I have replaced every composite stock I have to improve the balance and reduce the harmonics. Properly sealed wood or laminate stocks are very durable and all of the replacements have shot better without exception. nothing against the composite stock other than the balance and looks and feel.

I don't abuse my rifles so the need for an ugly, beat up stock never comes up. there are many post on this subject to read if interested.

Wood is Just my preference.

J E CUSTOM

 

[Deleted member 115654]

JE is correct. The English typically refinish their guns each time a new generation inherits them. Rare to find an older high grade fine English gun that has been hunted and NOT restored.

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Wood is still fantastic, and I have more than a few. Will buy more .....but so is fiberglass that looks just like it and doesn't swell and contract

 

[skywag]

I'm just old fashioned. JK Cloward stock

 

[The Oregonian]

I love wood too but i am more careful with wood, so I only have wood-stocked shotguns. I don't want to have to worry about scratches hiking around in the woods or in a metal tree stand. Don't get me wrong, they can add character, but too many or on the wrong stock and they take away from it.

Some wood i don't really like. Browning's high gloss stocks are one. Looks too plasticy to me. But the matte stodk on an almost 40 yr old Browning BPS Upland Hunter in 20ga with a 22" barrel is maybe my favorite quail gun. I have a 16ga Citori Gran Lightning that has beautiful wood. But the Caesar Guerrini 20ga I have tops them all. It is beautiful. Pics below.

 

[Jakeweb09]

Terminus Zeus Exotic Wood

A little exotic wood for this Terminus Zeus build.

www.longrangehunting.com

Check this out. He makes the best you'll ever see! Someday I hope to have one!

 

[The Oregonian]

Terminus Zeus Exotic Wood

A little exotic wood for this Terminus Zeus build.

www.longrangehunting.com

Check this out. He makes the best you'll ever see! Someday I hope to have one!

Yeah, Joel doesn't seem to post much anymore but he has some beautiful creations.

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Yeah, Joel doesn't seem to post much anymore but he has some beautiful creations.

Most of the good ones have been run off.