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View Poll Results: Poll is simple, is your preferred big game rifle in the form of nicely figured wood or are you the s
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02-12-2016, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NW Alberta
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Curiosity Poll - Wood or Composite
On the heels of “What’s your rifle“ (brand) by Flieguy.
Having felt like a curmudgeon more than once because of my penchants for a beautiful wood stock and blued metal, I felt it necessary to see how many of us are out there.
Poll is simple, is your preferred big game rifle in the form of nicely figured wood or are you the synthetic/composite type.
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02-12-2016, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Rocky Mountain house
Posts: 181
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I like wood stocked rifles for hunting to me if you have 5 wood stocked rifles of same make model side by side they all have different patterns synthetic all look same
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02-12-2016, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Camrose
Posts: 45,161
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Quality synthetic, but not molded plastic. That being said, I appreciate nice wood on my SxS and O/U shotguns.
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02-12-2016, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Beaumont
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Absolutely love the look of a nice wood stock and deeply blued metal but I only used synthetic stainless on my rifles because I love the look of wood. I'd hate to be the one who damages a beautiful work of art rifle in any way so I take my SS rifles into the field.
Like elkhunter11 said, I like nice composite stocks injection molded does nothing for me.
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The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
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02-12-2016, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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I'm with elkhunter on this.
For my hunting rifles, synthetic with adjustable length of pull and combs. Just makes it so easy to tailor you rifle to fit you...as well as being more weather resistant.
But, I have an O/U 12 gauge in walnut that is just beautful (IMO)
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02-12-2016, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: By whatcha call it
Posts: 603
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I personally like the looks of a nice wood stock better, but I'm too hard on my gear to have anything pretty. 
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02-12-2016, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: West central AB
Posts: 1,545
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I have synthetic stocks but hunt with wood. I don't mind wear marks on blued steel and Walnut stocks. It's character.
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02-12-2016, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 98
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I prefer nice walnut, but due to the fact you cannot always get nice stuff, I really prefer a wood laminate, as at least you know what to expect, plus the strength factor and laminate is virtually water proof.
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02-12-2016, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dreadful Valley
Posts: 14,621
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More than one favourite.
More than one style of stock.
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02-12-2016, 03:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
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All my guns have wood stocks.
Several match rifles have stainless barrels and one has a wood laminate stock, but fir my hunting rifles it's wood and blued steel.
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02-12-2016, 04:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dick284
More than one favourite.
More than one style of stock.
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Yep. Favourites with both wood and composite
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02-12-2016, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: onoway, Ab
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I like how tough the synthetics/ composites are. My 45/70 was in perfect shape until it got a barb wire scratch on it this past fall. That would not have happened if I was packing my plastic Tikka.
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02-12-2016, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Sherwood Park
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I use plastic, composite, laminate, but there nothing carrying a fine piece of walnut in the woods. It all depends on the hunt as to what I'm carrying
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02-12-2016, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: My House
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I like nothing better than beautiful wood / blued rifles. I hate nothing worse than scratching beautiful wood / blued rifles. I know people will say that scratches represent character, stories, and memories. Maybe. I ain't there yet. To me they represent scratches. I'm working on it. Slowly.
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02-12-2016, 06:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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i believe every gun cabinet needs both.
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02-12-2016, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Millet
Posts: 861
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Wood and blued for looks. For hunting blued or stainless with synthetic stock.
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02-13-2016, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NW Alberta
Posts: 136
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Interesting results so far. Have to agree, it’s hard to put a beautiful wood stock thru the paces...in rough places.
Although I am warming up to some synthetic models, … not completely enamored yet. Sako Carbonlite is helping there.
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02-13-2016, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: in the woods , finally !
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i love wood but i'm hard on equipment so my main rifles are all synthetic , then i don't want to cry when i bang it around a little.
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02-13-2016, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Plastic is plastic, Any majestic bull elk deserves better. 
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02-13-2016, 10:34 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Wood all the way.
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02-13-2016, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
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Originally Posted by west250
Wood all the way.
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Very nice!
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Anytime I figure I've got this long range thing figured out, I just strap into the sling and irons and remind myself that I don't!
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02-13-2016, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Calgary
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I love my wood stocks - too bad they end up spending all their time in the gun safe though.
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02-13-2016, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: West central AB
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I have a few safe Queens that don't see any field use, but bought my hunting rifles knowing full well they would get wear/tear. If you buy the rifle knowing it will get some rough treatment, it won't live in the safe.
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02-15-2016, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NW Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sns2
I like nothing better than beautiful wood / blued rifles. I hate nothing worse than scratching beautiful wood / blued rifles. I know people will say that scratches represent character, stories, and memories. Maybe. I ain't there yet. To me they represent scratches. I'm working on it. Slowly.
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I done been mind melded…pretty much sums up my journey sns.
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02-15-2016, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: East of the big smoke
Posts: 1,496
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Wood and blued. No stained or plastic base finishes. Just oil finish. that way the dings and nicks are easy to fix. Wood rifles are made to be handled. Ive seen as much damage done from safe kisses then, from being enjoyed.
Take those wood stocks out of the safe and use them.
my 2c
Brad
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