Rifle stocks..

[ZacSquatch]

I've been looking at a few ner stocks for my Savage 110, .243..

I've looked at this site many times, and love their royal camo design.

I've also heard of people taking stocks like this hunting and after a while, having the laminate layers seperate from the humidity and such.. This will mainly be a varmint, maybe mild deer rifle, weight is not an issue... But I do want a good solid stock..

http://www.rifle-stocks.com/silhouette.htm

any words of wisdom?

[RichP]

I have always used either fajen or bishop stocks.
http://www.gunaccessories.com/Fajen/index.asp
http://www.northwoodgunstock.com/
The blanks are a bit of work but they are about 80% done, all you need to is final inletting and bedding then finishing the outside.
Anyone who sells you or tells you it's a 'drop in' is full of crap, it may be finished on the outside but final bedding is what makes the difference.
Most of my rifles are full stock Sako's, Mannlicher-Schonauer's and a couple of Remmington mountain rifles. Reinhart Fajen made a really nice bullpup stock for the remmington 600 which was the old dog leg bolt action, great brush gun, short, fast and keeps the standard barrel length. I built probably 4 or 5 for handicapped friends who could only hunt from their vehicles, they end up about the same length as a M4 with the stock collapsed.

With this coming up it may move me to find a newer full stock for my Remington 788 in .44 mag, I actually hunt with it and the factory stock has it's share of pinstripes from the brush around here.

[chzbrgr]

I've carried a reinhart/fajen laminated stock for 7-8 year with just an oil finish with no signs of delaminating. RichP the rem 600 with a scout scope and some rasp work on the stock (see ruger frontier)makes for the best deer rifle i've ever owned

[Bent]

Separation of the veneers or delaminating can depend upon several factors; the type of adhesive/resin and the veneers ability to be glued, grain orientation and its natural weather resistance as well as the finish applied to the object. Keep in mind that aniline type dyes will and do fade over time.

[tbburg]

I've carried a reinhart/fajen laminated stock for 7-8 year with just an oil finish with no signs of delaminating. RichP the rem 600 with a scout scope and some rasp work on the stock (see ruger frontier)makes for the best deer rifle i've ever ownedSounds like you read Cooper. What caliber?

[8Mud]

IMO nothing beats Bakelite or another similar material, metal reinforced. Just about indestructible and most have minimum temperature expansion or contraction.
I also appreciate a pretty weapon, a fine wood finish, engraving is nice, but practical usually makes more sense in a weapon.
I usually spring for the best optics I can afford and put my money where it will do the most good.

[chzbrgr]

Cooper made me do it. It is awesome shooting a rifle with both eyes open and still shoot a .75 inch group @ 100yards with federal box ammo in .308

[tbburg]

I made the mistake of picking up a Steyr in a gun shop one day. Never seen a rifle as fast on target as that configuration. Found a way to pay for it about 3 months later. http://www.steyrarms.com/index.php?id=228 I got mine!:D