Never thought I’d say it . . .
I view AR-15s the same way I view Glocks and M&Ps. They’re just guns. They’re not pretty and don’t require babying. But I went to a new (to me) gun shop in The City (My The City) called Bill’s Outpost and they had some ARs with wooden furniture. They were gorgeous. You can see a color photo here.
July 1st, 2015 at 9:52 pm
I’ve seen some at gun shows occasionally and they’re usually very pretty.
July 1st, 2015 at 10:45 pm
Funny; Ruger had that lam wood thing down twenty years ago, I wasn’t a big fan then and still ain’t. Give me a vintage Rem 700 or Smif wheelie with grained walnut stocks and blue so deep you could swim in it…now that is “gorgeous”. Give me a break, I’m old.
July 1st, 2015 at 10:53 pm
Not my cup of tea. Love good wood on a bolt or a pump. Even an M1 Grand with a custom stock looks great. From my eyes, it doesn’t belong on a Mattie Mattel special.
July 1st, 2015 at 10:54 pm
Make that a Garand
July 1st, 2015 at 11:19 pm
Been thinking of building one with the walnut but every time I check, everybody seems to be sold out. I have a black walnut out front I’m planning to take out; I may just make my own.
July 1st, 2015 at 11:58 pm
Ditto, Jim Brack.
It doesn’t really fit. Maybe a fabric Micarta, though?
July 2nd, 2015 at 12:09 am
Some of those wood-stocked ARs look good to me. I must also confess to liking some of the camo finishes. My ARs are all plain color and plastic, sometimes mismatched, so I haven’t liked the fancy stocks and detailed finishes enough to act. Not yet anyway.
July 2nd, 2015 at 4:01 am
Reminds me of wood stocked CETME rifles.
July 2nd, 2015 at 10:38 am
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WTF? Just what the WTF?
stay safe.
July 2nd, 2015 at 3:51 pm
I hate going to Bill’s, it always makes my wallet hurt. They do have very competitive pricing, I just can’t seem to say “no” when I should.
July 4th, 2015 at 9:21 am
Cheap, ugly, laminated wood rifle stocks remind me of the Wehrmacht going down to defeat in 1945.
There is better structural integrity with laminated stocks, which is necessary for the odd, thin shapes required for an AR, but who wants an ugly plywood stock that’s half made out of glue?
I’ll stick with modern aesthetics for modern guns, and pretty wood stocks for the old classics. That works for me.