First synthetic stock?

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Slater
June 25, 2003, 09:43 PM
Someone asked me this, but I had no idea. I thought I'd throw it out to the experts:

What was the first production rifle (military or civilian) to be fitted with a synthetic stock?
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Ian
June 25, 2003, 10:02 PM
The Nylon 66 perhaps?
ACP230
June 25, 2003, 10:22 PM
Savage put Tenite stocks on some of its guns back in the 1940s. I have seen a couple of single-shot shotguns, heard of double barrel shotguns with these synthetic stocks. My guess is they made some rifles with these stocks too.
Kharn
June 26, 2003, 07:51 AM
Interordnance has been trying to sell a Nazi Mauser with an original Bakelite stock for ages (asking $15,000 for an 'all matching numbers, except mismatched bolt' rifle :rolleyes: ).

Kharn
foghornl
June 26, 2003, 08:01 AM
"Pops", grandfather on dad's side had one of those Savage/Stevens 16 Ga single-shots. Model 94B, IIRC. Sort of vaguely remember the sticker on the stock that said "Tenite".

My first .22 autoloader was a Rem Nylon 66, got it as a bithday gift, about 1969

Oldest brother now has that shotgun, but doesn't shoot it much.
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