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%
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Stock Preference Poll
#11
I like the looks of the laminate stocks but both my TC Omega & Vortex CB I bought for the price/quality have the synthetic TH stocks so I have grown to like them. Both shoot extremely well for me. I sort of wish my Z5 had the RealTree cammo like the cb.
Last edited by Buckhunter46755; 06-01-2012 at 06:49 AM.
#13
I like the looks of nice piece of maple or walnut over a piece of plastic. I do admit the laminates look nice but I wonder about their durability and glues coming unglued over time. A good piece of wood will last a lifetime and the character and patina of a hundred year old rifle has no other peers.
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#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
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#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,037
I am with you on that Ron, the glue should be less likely to fail than the wood itself. The changing grain directions in the layers of wood make a laminate stock strong and quite stable.
#18
I prefer the looks of a laminate stock. Most synthetic stocks just look cheap to me, especially the camo ones. My omega has a laminate stock and when I bought my Endeavor the first thing I did was buy a laminate stock for it and sold the synthetic one. Laminate adds more weight but it doesn't bother me one bit.