Laminate Stocks

[Josmund]

Do you hunt with your laminate stock or replace it with a comp stock for the hunting season?

Just wondering if it's worth buying a backup comp or if the laminate are tough enough. I'd hate to bang it up and don't won't to worry about every move.

[Muley Hunter]

I must refrain from making a comment.

[builder459]

I wouldn't hunt with a laminate myself. nice to look at and maybe range work. i prefer synthetic stocks for hunting.. Ray

[Josmund]

Originally Posted by Muley Hunter

I must refrain from making a comment.

Muley,

Are you a " just beat'em up because they're a tool " guy? I have a old 870 that I love to hunt birds with because I can't hurt it anymore. It's a nice feeling.

But look at this one:



It's too pretty to beat up.

[hubby11]

My stock is laminate. I hunt with it and would not consider switching it out for a "composite" (meaning plastic) stock even if I could (I don't think they make a composite stock for the Omega X7). Two reasons:

1. The laminate seems to me to be a more solid platform for shooting, meaning more accurate.
2. The point of aim/impact would likely be different between the two stocks, requiring a re-sighting in every time the stocks are switched.

I don't mind a few scratches on my stock. C'mon, it's a gun, not a designer purse.

[Muley Hunter]

So, you know.

I have a $3000 custom made bamboo fly rod. I've fished it over 200 days a year for 10 years. It still looks new.

I have a Winchester 94 my dad gave me in 1954. I couldn't count the days that gun has been hunted. Stock still looks as good as the day I got it.

If you beat on your guns. Use a tupperware stock.

[MountainDevil54]

Use it.

It should be treated the same as any other stock. Im very protective of my guns so i do my best to avoid scratches. But when it happens, oh well, nothing you can do about it. You can female dog about it all you want but once you're done, the scratch it still there.

[Josmund]

I wouldn't consider myself a gun beater but things happen. Especially bird hunting when there's brush busting and fence wrangling involved.

I guess I need to decide if I want a Cabinet Queen or a Field Gun. It still has to beat out the Omega to make opening day and that will be a chore.

[sabotloader]

Josmund

I have several Laminate stocks and even Walnut stocks, but I much prefer hunting with a composite stocks. The extremes of Mother Nature here in Idaho does not have the effect on the conposite that it can have on wood, even if it is laminate.

[builder459]

It's all personal preference, i wouldn't hunt with a laminate myself. as far as tupperware stocks go, my triumph sports one and is darn accurate.Knight tupperware stocks are excellent well made stocks. hunt with that laminate if it tickles your fancy!!! Ray