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i think the next rifle i buy is gonna be the most ulgy gun ive ever seen...reason being i hate takin my browning abolt out cause it looks so damn nice an i dont wanna scratch it or knick it up or do anything to it........ anyone else have this proablem...

I know what you mean, seams no matter how carefull I am in the woods I always end of with a scratch or ding someplace. Used to have a real pretty Sako Forester but sold it cause I couldn't hunt it anymore. Now I have a Winchester M70 XTR Black Shadow with the plastic stock, and a Remington 700 MT SS and had to take the Nice lam stock of and replace it with a B&C comp stock. Not near as nice to look at but it won't kill me if they get used.

This is precisely why most of my firearms have either a synthetic or laminate finish. In fact the only two that have wood stocks are my Marlin 925M and 925N .22's. I couldn't care less how it looks, provided it has accuracy and reliability.

If I had anything with fancy wood or any of that it would reside in a display case, and I wouldn't own a gun I'd be worried about scratching, etc.

Wood is purty but so hard to maintain.

What's wrong with getting a few scraches on a wood stock? It was made to be used. Get out there and use them. Scraches are just character marks and adds to the memories of the many hunts that you took that particular firearm on.

Boy, our grandfathers sure would have had a hard time getting out in the woods if they were all Nancy boys too.

I have synthetic stocked guns too but given the choice I'll take a beautiful wood stock any day over synthetic in a hunting gun.

Bigbulls I seem to think we agree on more than 1 topic....

haha, I hear this from time to time....and I think scratch......what's wrong with character? now im not going to drop my rifle to give it more character, but a rifle is a rifle, no matter how much it cost, i wouldn't worry about a scratch/nick, dropping a rifle sure you hope itll still shoot straight. If I were to buy a new rifle and noticed a scratch or nick sure i'd be mad, but cmon, use that sucker!

Don't get an ugly rifle either! Even if its synthetic, they make some nice synthetics....to me synthetic doesn't inherently mean ugly.

I think a satin clearcoat or oil rubbed stain finish probably shows less wear as well, vs a super shiny high gloss finish. Personally I like the non glare as well, and to show off the wood more with a oil rubbed look vs a high shine, though some love that high gloss look.

Mostly everything I ever used growing up was wood stocked, I've only recently bought my first synthetic, but its very nice/attractive, weatherby mark V fibermark stock, compared to the regular synthetic, IMO it's no comparison.

Nowadays my view on a stock is where I plan to use the rifle.....while I've yet to go or purchase a rifle for africa, all I can visualize is a gorgeous wood stocked with a blued barrel, or just some dark stainless barrel.

But say in alaska I want a synthetic stock with a stainless barrel. I think if I were to start from scratch and buy everything, most of mine would have a syn. stock with the only exceptions probably being the larger /dangrous type rifles. though I plan to get a .375 in syn/stainless, so really only .416 and .458 would then be wood/blued.

My .270 and .300 win mag are wood/blued, I think about replacing them, but they are just too nice and shoot too well to do such a thing, so my only option would be to buy another rifle.....maybe I'll have a few boys one day,or girls....and they can each choose which they want....

I say use all your rifles and just be careful. Don't baby it. Some scratches make for good stories.

Tom

I look at all my rifles as tools and tools are ment to be used. Even though I am very careful with my tools but they do see some wear. I don't mind the dings from the field but it bugs the heck out of me if I put a scratchon one taking it out or putting it in the gun safe.

Quote from somewhere "Life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun!". I agree!!

What Eldeguello said...

He beat me to the draw...;)....

Guns are tools to be used and passed down generation to generation. If you don't have scratches and dings in it you aren't hunting hard enough with it. I have guns passed down to me that are covered in scratches and dings that is where the history they speak comes out.

Heck, even my "ugly" guns are all scratched/beat up. I buy a gun to use it, and I use them hard. :D

you see thats the crappy part about the wood stock they scrath pretty easy but who cares it's ascrath thats just like if u cut ur self really bad and need stiches or staple that scars gonna be there for quit a long time but what can u do u knwo who cares if u got a scrath on ur gun it's not a fashion show when it comes to hunting

i love my guns. wood stocks are nice to have and use but i like using a synthetic if i'm gonna go beat the mess out of it.

One of my brothers has a Remington ADL with a synthetic stock that he calls his "redneck gun"...I prefer a nice walnut stock, I've owned my Ruger since 1980 and have it bedded and free floated...I removed the stock and sealed the barrel channel so I don't have problems with the group wandering...Every 4-5 years I refinish the stock...It has a few dings and dents, it's called patina...:D

does patina sleep in your bed with you? haha.

I like to drag my prettiest guns behind the truck, tie em up to the ball hitch on a gravel road for a mile, kinda like those torture tests....on that one show, just to kinda get them ready to hunt with, can't be hunting with a new looking rifle, bad luck!

That's why you buy ore than one.:)

I agree with most here, I'll hunt with any gun....pretty or not. I also prefer wood to synthetic.

Just do as I do.. Get you a gun for every occasion.. .

I use my Encore or Remington Model 7 in Synthetic when in a climber cause I don't want to haul my wood guns up on a rope..

When I am going to a box blind or stalking I take the Laminates or the Wood stock..

Of course these are just excuses to buy more guns.. :D

Then what in the heck do you do when you get dirt or rips on your MossyRealtreeNaturalGearOak camo??

All my guns have nice walnut stocks and I use them all. Next gun will be a 17 HMR, probably a CZ. I like to admire my guns as well as shoot them. The only exception is the S & W K-22 thatI bought in the early-mid seventies. I have the factory rosewood grips and the standard grips. For whatever reason, I never fired it.

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All my guns have nice walnut stocks and I use them all. Next gun will be a 17 HMR, probably a CZ. I like to admire my guns as well as shoot them. The only exception is the S & W K-22 thatI bought in the early-mid seventies. I have the factory rosewood grips and the standard grips. For whatever reason, I never fired it.

You really should take that K22 and give it a workout. Mine is very accurate and a lot of fun to shoot.

I know I should shootthe K22. They always have been the benchmark for 22 revolver accuracy. I just don't know why I can't get past the "never been fired" thing.