hks2056 wrote:It is very interesting to read the enthusiasm and gusto shown in the various posts about changing the stock of IOF 30-06 rifle. Knowing fully well that except for illusory aesthetics the changing of the wood stock by another wood stock is not going to bring any tangible benefit. If walnut finish is needed then scraping of the original varnish and applying the walnut stainer would do the job.To be followed by spray of matt finish melamine.
I wish if possibility of fiberglass stock is explored which is first choice for all target shooting rifles as well as hunting rifles meant for extreme use.
This can be done by any shop who provide hard top for Maruti gypsy.I solicit suggestions in this forum.
Talking of 'plain ' wood-not laminates:
The last I read ,IOF has used 'crate quality' PINE for their IOF.I dont know what exposure to rifles (or accuracy) you have, but soft wood will crack with recoil, wood to metal fit will wander, accuracy will also be an 'illusory aesthetic'
thats why 40 year old air dried walnut is worth its weight in gold to a stock maker.The harmonics of walnut seem to be tailor made to recoil, amongst other things- record player pick up arms are some of the other things which benefit from walnut- mentioned here en passant.
There are certain aspects of fine tuning accuracy; like pillar and stock bedding, which are used for stocks, synthetic ,laminate and wood.Combined with action sleeving, action bedding etc can give accuracy of 2 inches at 1000 yards
Hope that helps break your illusion of " not going to bring any tangible benefit" ??
Now, talking of synthetics and laminates, thats another story altogether.These stocks are lighter, cheaper and terribly strong,not to forget colours and designs and shapes that can be straight from an LSD dream.
Check out the stock shapes and colours offered by boyds stocks or richardsmicrofit
Fibre glass is NO MORE the first choice of target shooters.Laminates,synthetics and carbon fibre et al have stolen a very long march.The last two F class rifles I had were laminate and synthetic respectively. There are even FULL METAL stocks , for target type rifles.
Same for Extreme hunting rifles-you dont want to be carrying a 11lb fibreglass stocked rifle, hunting Mongolian Dall sheep at 20000ft, do you?
Yup, fibre glass is heavy...
a 7 lb titanium action and carbon fibre stocked 300 magnum is more like an extreme hunting rifle.IMHO.
Same goes for the part about any Maruti hard top maker making Fibreglass stock-I think you mean its easy to get the mold and a cast of an existing stock made.What about the inletting? Do you have any personal experience doing this, or is it (another) well meaning guess?
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