View Poll Results: It's your choice!
A good quality synthetic stock in a color/pattern you like.
19
35.19%
A laminate stock in a color combination you like.
20
37.04%
A nicely figured (but not fancy) wood stock.
15
27.78%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll
Stock Preference Poll
#1
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
Stock Preference Poll
You're buying a new rifle. Which would you choose if all three options were available for the gun you want?
THE BRONKO ADDENDUM: See the three options in the poll box above the thread.
THE BRONKO ADDENDUM: See the three options in the poll box above the thread.
Last edited by Semisane; 05-31-2012 at 04:44 PM.
#2
all three options being??? Being a lefty, of all the inlines I've mounted (on my shoulder) I really like the feel of the CVA stocks. And their ambidexterous thumbhole style really fits me well. I can grip it comfortably and hold the rifle very steady.
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: MD/PA Line
Posts: 598
Semi, I voted for the laminate but it would have to be a thumbhole.
A nice recoil pad on any of the three makes for a comfortable range session. Some stocks just feel better than others. I went with a SPS varmint stock on my latest build. Brand new take off for $50 delivered. A good price to see if I liked it. I then and added a LimbSaver recoil pad and had it dipped in a color I wanted. Very comfy!
What ya got stirring? You don't need another gun do you?
A nice recoil pad on any of the three makes for a comfortable range session. Some stocks just feel better than others. I went with a SPS varmint stock on my latest build. Brand new take off for $50 delivered. A good price to see if I liked it. I then and added a LimbSaver recoil pad and had it dipped in a color I wanted. Very comfy!
What ya got stirring? You don't need another gun do you?
#5
If it was a wall hanger I would want a nice looking walnut of laminate stock,
Last edited by sabotloader; 05-31-2012 at 07:16 PM.
#6
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 98
I'm with Omega45 on the laminate stock with the thumbhole design . To me both synthetic and laminate stock's over time well get cuts and dents if they get used much a all.
Now you can look at it this way ,you can sand an reseal (oil) a laminate stock or you can dip a synthetic . So that being said, you might as well shoot the stock that is comfortable to you .
Now you can look at it this way ,you can sand an reseal (oil) a laminate stock or you can dip a synthetic . So that being said, you might as well shoot the stock that is comfortable to you .
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
Given a choice, i would choose wood. Laminate isn't too bad. The X7, and the Mountaineer stocks are kinda appealing to my eye. Synthetic just isn't my cup of tea. To me they serve no function. Some say the synthetic is best for hunting in poor weather. Some feel a properly bedded laminate is every bit as weather worthy. I am inclined to agree. Laminate stocks shouldn't warp in wet miserable cold weather. Wood stocks do warp some sometimes. I would rather all my rifles had pretty wood stocks.
The most accurate rifle in my house, has a synthetic stock. I would rather it had a pretty wood stock
The most accurate rifle in my house, has a synthetic stock. I would rather it had a pretty wood stock
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,037
I like the looks of wood best but the laminates have grown on me. I like to put a little finish inside of them to make them more weather proof. The synthetics are functional and some of them look halfways decent. They do the job as well.
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Art
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 921
Like many, I prefer the look of laminate and wood, however, the durability of synthetic is hard to overcome.
I bought a flawless laminate Disc Etreme and put a few nick in it just cleaning it up with slight bumps around the shop. It bugged me so much I bought a synthetic thumb hole off of eBay for every day use and have the laminate in bubble wrap. I know it's silly but every nick irritated me.
I bought a flawless laminate Disc Etreme and put a few nick in it just cleaning it up with slight bumps around the shop. It bugged me so much I bought a synthetic thumb hole off of eBay for every day use and have the laminate in bubble wrap. I know it's silly but every nick irritated me.