Finishes on hunting rifles

[oldguy]

To me, a wood stocked rifle has a soul.



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Man that's purty!

 

[fishfryer]

You asked,I think blued steel and natural wood,prefer black walnut.

 

[NCHillbilly]

For aesthetics, I prefer wood, for sure. For practicality, my favorite one is spray paint. I have an old tang-safety M77 that I bought used. It probably has a really nice checkered walnut stock, but it had been spray-can camo'd. It's ugly, but it's dull, doesn't stand out in the woods, and most importantly-it does not rust at all in my rust-factory house. It's the only gun I own that I don't have to worry about rust issues with.

 

[Sixes]

Composite stock with either factory camo or camo tape.

I don't purposely scratch up rifles, but it happens and I own some wood stocked guns but always felt bad after scratching them

Kind of like a new truck, might as well go ahead and put some scratches down the side as soon as possible so you don't dread the day it happens

 

[Jimmypop]

I used to prefer pretty wood/ blue steel. Now this is my bag. The bottom is 6.5 cm, top is 270. I like the bottom best.

 

[Jim Thompson]

To me, a wood stocked rifle has a soul.



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Sweet rifle Nico! This is the only pic I can find of my last wood stocked rifle. Pic would be from 2001 or 2002. I've never been sentimental with my guns, but man I killed a boatload of deer with it. Almost all does that I remember back in those days