by Rod_outbak » 24 May 2018, 6:28 am
The synthetic varmint stock on my Tikka T3 Hunter is great; feels solid, and weatherproof. Seems to be pretty durable.
I bought a Boyds polymer Thumbhole stock for the T3(before a mate gave me his Tikka varmint stock), and I had all sorts of bedding issues with it. It felt pretty good to handle, but the rifle didnt seem to like it.
[With a bit of time, I might have been able to bed this stock in properly, and get better groups from it, but I was given the Tikka Varmint stock, so canned that idea]
I bought a polymer stock a few years back, to go onto the old Remington 788 .223 rifle. Damn thing broke in half after about 6 months!
I like the look and feel of wood, but I must admit that my preference for working rifles, is a good polymer stock.
Have you handled a Macmillan polymer stock? Heavy as buggery, but beautiful stocks, and denser than any wood. Expensive as all get-out, but people who have them love them.
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