Author Topic: M1A Stock (Read 430 times)

Rusty · « **on:** June 23, 2003, 05:56:24 AM »

The M1A was issued with Birch and or Walnut wood stocks. What are the pluses and negatives of these two wood stocks?

Mikey · « **Reply #1 on:** June 23, 2003, 09:39:51 AM »

Rusty - the walnut stock just weighs a bit more and may ahve some nicer grain. Birch is commonly used for military stocks the world over because it is lighter in weight, less expensive and probably easier to work. I have seen some of the sythetic stocks and I'm not so sure I'm sold on them. You can get some good looking ones but you can also get wood stocks finished to look and act like the synthetics. If your M1A is 'purdy' and you want to stock it with some nice wood, go for the walnut. Mikey.

GPWEAPON · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2003, 02:44:34 PM »

Rusty, not being a fan of wood I'd be looking for a McMillian but the price is enough to gag ya, I've had em on my last and present one, but the knee jerker in my house is the laminate you can get from Boyds for around $100. less likely to be effected by the weather and quite nice to look at. there is another stock co that I can't think of right know that has nicer lams but they wern't doing M1A's last time I checked, I'd love to get one of their blanks and see if Boyds would inlet it. To answer your question wood doesn't like the weather.

dbuck · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2003, 03:38:32 PM »

How you thinking of Ricards Microfit Stocks out of Calif. you can go to their website.

dbuck