Steel and wood?

[AStone]

This is a great thread.

Marlin 336 in .30-30 owner.

 

[zchry]

I love my SMLE. Thinner and lighter than I expected. I do find ARs to be boring. I don't know why exactly but I simply find bolt action rifles more fun to shoot.

EDIT: Gah, can't get a picture.

EDIT2: Found a picture online. Mine is a lighter color and the stock is in better condition.

 

[stubbicatt]

Guess that's why I've always stuck with ole Winchesters..........
Dan


Stubbicat.......is you the same dude that several of us met up at a gun show in Denver several years ago???????????I had on a camo jacket with a MAGE patch on it

Dan

We may indeed have met at a gun show in Denver, but I'm so old I don't remember anymore! I have found a number of really nice older, odd, pieces at the gunshow but it is not a bargain hunter's paradise anymore.

 

[johnnydollar]

One of the reasons we love wood stocks is because, in the proper hands, the wood becomes a medium through which artistic expression can shine. Synthetic stocks cannot be made to look this good. My custom Mauser, built on a commercial FN Supreme action, in .243 Win.

 

[CraigC]

 

[Bryan H]

I also prefer steel and wood. I think a nice laminate stock is the best of both worlds.

 

[30Cal]

I'm with you guys.

 

[seasmoke]

Steel and wood with a German flavor. GEW 1916 Danzig (All matching except bolt) along with HK 33/93 klone.

 

[200Apples]

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The Alaskan

This thread makes me smile.

25-5

Personally I do not care for black rifles and Glocks. I'm glad to see I'm not alone.

AStone

This is a great thread.

It is, indeed!

 

[EIB0879]

I like wood and blue steel. I only have one rifle with a synthetic stock and it is a cheap truck gun.

 

[CH47gunner]

Steel & wood - I'll take it old school. And a bit of old leather too.

Sako Finnbear AIII, in .30-06


CZ527 Varmint, in .223


CZ452 Varmint, in 17HMR


S&W Models 19-3 & 66-4


Colt Huntsman

 

[jeepnik]

While I am definitely in the wood and steel club (although I like the look of stainless over blued), synthetic has it's place.

Things like my Remington Nylons, AR-7 really wouldn't be the same if made from wood and steel. Well there is a bit of steel in the barrel liners.

And while I do have one AR (a gift) for the role it was designed I'd rather have my wood and steel Scout Squad.

 

[corky52]

Have some of both plastic and wood. Here's one of the wood and steel
US Rifle Caliber .30 M1
1945 Winchester



And another
1953 Marlin 336

 

[corky52]

Oops

 

[corky52]

I love my SMLE. Thinner and lighter than I expected. I do find ARs to be boring. I don't know why exactly but I simply find bolt action rifles more fun to shoot.

EDIT: Gah, can't get a picture.

EDIT2: Found a picture online. Mine is a lighter color and the stock is in better condition.

Nice SMLE

 

[ifit]

Craig c, nice...the rifle in the middle Full Stock what is the make n model? Thanks

 

[CraigC]

Thanks! It's a Ruger 77MKII .250Savage, a limited run for Lipsey's a couple years ago.

 

[Dentite]

I love them too. Here's a recent acquisition. CZ American.

 

[highpower]

Oh yes, we like steel and wood.......

I kind of like 1903 Springfields


And generally anything US military



But I am not opposed to having a few foreign guns around also.

 

[MountainBear]

Didn't see a 1917 Enfield in there...

 

[highpower]

Didn't see a 1917 Enfield in there...

Dang, I forgot that one.

Winchester M1917


And a 1897 Trench gun.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I have always liked wood and steel. Back in 1988 I started re-bluing guns and refinishing stocks. I worked with an old Gunsmith and he hated poly and other new finishes that were on the market. So I learned how to do oil finishes first.
One day we got in a pre 64 Wichester that looked like it had been left in the woods for a season or two. We were asked to restore it to as close to original as possible. I learned a lot from that job and started restoring military rifles after that. Over the years I have restored and repaired a few thousand stocks.
I have found that it is easy to make a stock pretty but harder to make it look like it should.





I always have projects. Here is my project wall.

 

[highpower]

M96 Swede FSR rifle with Swedish diopter sights.


Pre 64 M70 Winchester Featherweight w/period correct Kollmorgan Bear Cub scope.

 

[Swing]

Anybody else here like firearms of steel and wood?

Yup. I don't care for the plastic-fantastic rifles. Wood and steel leverguns and semi-autos are my favorites.

 

[AStone]

I really like wood and steel rifles. (See post 26 ^.)

But I'm about to buy a rifle with a plastic stock.
(See sig line: 22.)

Reportedly recycled pop bottles.

Better to use them for a stock than put them in a land fill.

And -- as a side benefit -- one more tree lives.