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Offline northkid

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What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« on: May 31, 2013, 02:03:47 PM »
You have any trouble with the synthetic stock cracking from the cold or field use.
For some reason the just seems sturdy.
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2013, 02:09:16 PM »
kid, we have had'um all.......we prefer tha camo syn's.  it don't get below +25 here ina cold year. so freezing ain't no issue.
we like tha way they handle and function. tha hide'n is a +.................. ;D
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2013, 02:12:06 PM »
For hunting use and durability, I prefer synthetic.  Wood is for pretty, most of my guns are "use" guns..so most of them have synthetic stocks.  If I get tired of black, I can go to camo..if I want winter camo, I can repaint it.  Wouldn't likely do that to my wood stocks.
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2013, 02:38:45 PM »
I don't see any difference winter or summer.  It can go to 100 in the summer (the whole day of it) or minus 30 or 40 here in January or February.  I like camo stocks, so I've been putting camo Lams on the heavy kickers for a little more weight and camo syns on the little guys.  It works and I like the way they look.  The shorty camo synthetics draw a lot of attention from folks......and that's even before I shoot them ;)   I think I've made more than one Handi convert shooting the shorty Maxi, .38-55 amd .356/.358.  I get a startled look and questioning eyes that ask "That little bitty rifle can do that?"  A shorty .45-70 is in the works and I think a shorty .445 Super Magnum will be born tomorrow.  I'm gonna chop the 22 incher.

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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2013, 03:20:41 PM »
have both.
no difference to me as
far as durability.

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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2013, 03:35:41 PM »
I agree with the voices above.  All depends on looks, functions are the same.
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2013, 04:00:10 AM »
Both will work and perform under a variety of conditions. Both have therir issues in extreme conditions. I have had a synthectic stock warp when left in a hot car. I have had a improperly sealed and too green a wood stock twist when it got exposed to damp conditions. Having said that I like a properly sealed and finished wood stock any day. You can do a little more with a wood stock when it comes to bedding, both action/full and pillar. Easier to bed wood than synthetic.
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2013, 04:42:54 AM »
Thank you fellas. I picked up a couple of the camo sets, the texture on the outside feels a little more like gritty for a better grip. Time to dink around a bit more with them with my winter gloves on. Folks are going to think I'm nuts out there with winter gloves on in 80 degree 90 degree with shorts.  ;D
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2013, 08:10:36 AM »
Until a few years ago everything I had was wood. I have two synthetic now, one straight wood and one laminated wood. Add a Rem Nylon 66, probably one of the oldest non wood stocks around and I can't see any difference.  They have been hot and very cold. We don't get any hunting here when it is hot.
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2013, 10:07:12 AM »
I'm just finishing up for the day playing with my newly chopped 16.75 inch Handi .445.  Tell ya what...I'm gonna put a camo lam with a good recoil pad on it.  After about a dozen hot rounds you feel it with the factory black synthetic that's on it..  I don't know what kind of masochist shoots those and .500 S&Ws with a handgun, but sure it ain't this guy.  A friend of mine told me a while back that his grown kid broke his nose and glasses with a .500 revolver.  That's fun????  The extra weight is sometimes nice with the laminated stocks.

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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2013, 11:37:57 AM »
I got this idea from my AR its "handi"  ::)   Its on my lil 223 light bbl and is a tack driver. Its good for wearing heavy cloths or in tight places. synthetic o course from ATI
 
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2013, 11:55:19 AM »
Oldshooter, did you shim that ATI stock?  I have one of those and the comb angles up much higher. 
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2013, 12:06:16 PM »
No thats the way it came out of the box and I just installed it. I did put an o ring on the forend. maybe its the angle causing opyical illusion but it fits and works well for me.
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2013, 05:49:04 AM »
Without a doubt, my Handi 45-70 with the aftermarket pistol grip just flows into the shooting position faster than any others I have and I'm a south paw..
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Re: What stock you have the best luck with wood, synthetic?
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2013, 11:25:51 AM »
I prefer Laminated wood. It is the best of both worlds in my opinion. The beauty of wood but with added stability. There are a bunch of world war 2 rifles that are still floating around with them.
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