Wood or synthetic stock?

[Allen]

Whatever goes bang and brings the game home.

I have both. Wood works just fine unless I am trying to relive bootcamp and need to swim with my rifle.

 

[Enslow]

A good wooden stock that is bedded properly is better than most of the cheap plastic factory stocks being sold today IMO. A good stiff carbon fiber stock is the best though.

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I also think that the cheap plastic stocks are cheaper and that is why we see more of them than wood in retail stores.

 

[jdinny]

prolly depends on what you are going to use it for.
speaking for rifles, generally a synthetic stock will be lighter by a touch unless of course you stretch for the fiberglass stocks made by McMillan/manners which will be significantly lighter in weight and also to your check book. generally speaking wood will respond to atmospheric/temperature changes more than a synthetic stock will so your POI ( point of impact)can change from day to day in different weather conditions.

like the case in most of the hunting/fishing world you get what you pay for