View Poll Results: Inclement rifle preferences? (pick 2, a stock, metal type)
Synthetic
15
88.24%
Laminate
4
23.53%
Wood
0
0%
weather/type of stock doesn't matter
0
0%
Stainless
14
82.35%
Blued
1
5.88%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll
Inclement Weather Rifle?
03-23-2011, 06:12 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
Inclement Weather Rifle?
Let's assume for alaska or just poor weather...
Are synthetics really that much better than wood? I've been under the impression synthetics don't swell/shrink like wood will with changes in moisture etc...ie affecting your rifles zero? has this been made out to be a bigger deal than it really is? aren't wood stocks coated enough to prevent moisture changes etc...? What's your preferred choice?
Are synthetics really that much better than wood? I've been under the impression synthetics don't swell/shrink like wood will with changes in moisture etc...ie affecting your rifles zero? has this been made out to be a bigger deal than it really is? aren't wood stocks coated enough to prevent moisture changes etc...? What's your preferred choice?
What about Blued vs. Stainless?
03-23-2011, 06:32 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Slippery Rock, Pa.
Posts: 393
Let's assume for Alaska or just poor weather...
Are synthetics really that much better than wood? I've been under the impression synthetics don't swell/shrink like wood will with changes in moisture etc...ie affecting your rifles zero? has this been made out to be a bigger deal than it really is? aren't wood stocks coated enough to prevent moisture changes etc...? What's your preferred choice?
Are synthetics really that much better than wood? I've been under the impression synthetics don't swell/shrink like wood will with changes in moisture etc...ie affecting your rifles zero? has this been made out to be a bigger deal than it really is? aren't wood stocks coated enough to prevent moisture changes etc...? What's your preferred choice?
What about Blued vs. Stainless?
03-24-2011, 11:52 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,526
I think it has been made to be a much bigger deal than it really is.
I have hunted numerous times for weeks at a time in rainy humid conditions with a wooden stock and blued steel with no perceivable affects to accuracy. Perhaps something did happen to the rifle, but it still shot better than I could.
In my opinion it is more marketing hype than anything else.
I have hunted numerous times for weeks at a time in rainy humid conditions with a wooden stock and blued steel with no perceivable affects to accuracy. Perhaps something did happen to the rifle, but it still shot better than I could.
In my opinion it is more marketing hype than anything else.
