You have different levels of laminated stocks and you have different levels of Tupper oops synthetic stocks.

Laminated stocks tend to be heavier with the exception of lets say an Acrabond stock which is walnut and weighs in the same as a Mcmillan synthetic. If a laminate is finished in an oil finish it will get a beating in really wet weather something finished in Polyurethane will endure much better and probably be trouble free...There will still be a bit of swelling in real wet weather with a Laminate irregardless of brand. Best of the Laminates is the Acrabond and the most common is the Boyds stock. The difference between the two is material and construction style...Acrabond is built on 4-5 laminations(Walnut jroughly 32 ounces finished) and the Boyd is built of hardwood and has more laminations and tends to run 1/2 pound heavier but is also 1/4 of the price when both are equally finished.

Any laminated fiberglass stock from High Tech,Borden(Rimrock) or Mcmillan are far superior to any laminated wood stock in really nasty wet weather. True laminated fiberglass stocks as a rule are generally stiffer than the injection moulded stocks that are a mainstay of the gun industry and therefore POI will not be affected as much as those with the flexible flyer foreend.


Aesthetically I like the laminated stocks from Acrabond, but if I were hunting in a constant deluge like Alaska etc you can bet there would be a real fiberglass stock on it.

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