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Thrash a nice wood stock hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="cdherman" data-source="post: 3045335" data-attributes="member: 12282"><p>I have my grandfathers Remington Model 11 (Browning humpback design) from his youth, given to him by my great grandmother at age 18. (1928).</p><p></p><p>It has NO finish left. Checkering is gone, though still vaguely evident in the tiny lines. Most of the bluing is gone too.</p><p></p><p>It is an absolute joy to hunt with such a gun. It's fully functional, and every time someone with a fancy gun looks at me funny, I tell them just why I hunt with it. Usually I just a get a "Wow" and thats it. I am getting older and a new Benelli Ultralight 12g is in the cards in the next year...... (the 11 is a boat anchor, solid rib and a lot of steel)</p><p></p><p>You only get real patina by hunting with a real gun. I too have more plastic stocks than wood these days. But I have some wood and have a couple plastic stocks that I am contemplating a Richards Microfit in a exhibition grade walnut just to have that kind of Beauty.</p><p></p><p>I have a Reinhardt Fajen sporter stock that someone sadly stuck under a very desireable M94 Cavalry Swedish Mauser. Its such a pretty stock in terms of its lines, that I have contemplated putting a new barrel on the M94 (17.5" since it was a Cavalry carbine) to make the 6.5x55 more useful.</p><p></p><p>To me, a wood stock should be hunted with. My 700 BDL stock is from 1970's and has some dings -- and the cheap machine checkering. But when I was contemplating changing cartridge and stock as part of a major overhaul a few years ago Tim Moon Roberts here in Kansas City looked at the gun and basically said "ya know, its really too pretty do that to".</p><p></p><p>My thoughts.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cdherman, post: 3045335, member: 12282"] I have my grandfathers Remington Model 11 (Browning humpback design) from his youth, given to him by my great grandmother at age 18. (1928). It has NO finish left. Checkering is gone, though still vaguely evident in the tiny lines. Most of the bluing is gone too. It is an absolute joy to hunt with such a gun. It's fully functional, and every time someone with a fancy gun looks at me funny, I tell them just why I hunt with it. Usually I just a get a "Wow" and thats it. I am getting older and a new Benelli Ultralight 12g is in the cards in the next year...... (the 11 is a boat anchor, solid rib and a lot of steel) You only get real patina by hunting with a real gun. I too have more plastic stocks than wood these days. But I have some wood and have a couple plastic stocks that I am contemplating a Richards Microfit in a exhibition grade walnut just to have that kind of Beauty. I have a Reinhardt Fajen sporter stock that someone sadly stuck under a very desireable M94 Cavalry Swedish Mauser. Its such a pretty stock in terms of its lines, that I have contemplated putting a new barrel on the M94 (17.5" since it was a Cavalry carbine) to make the 6.5x55 more useful. To me, a wood stock should be hunted with. My 700 BDL stock is from 1970's and has some dings -- and the cheap machine checkering. But when I was contemplating changing cartridge and stock as part of a major overhaul a few years ago Tim Moon Roberts here in Kansas City looked at the gun and basically said "ya know, its really too pretty do that to". My thoughts..... [/QUOTE]
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