AR Wood stock quality

give these a look
http://www.precisionfirearms.com/19.html
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=253916
http://www.ammogear.com/_6/0/9/Ar_15_M16_Wood_Stock_Sets_38906.htm
http://item.brownells.com/groups/lu...s/ar-15m16-wood-stock-sets-walnut-carbine.htm

Oh....I thought you were talking about taking some quality ARs to Woodstock.

Iron Wood Design Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the stocks.
My concern would be smoking/burning the front hand guard after a couple of magazines.

Laminated stocks are much stronger - it's basically decorative plywood with few to no voids, in veneers glued together by alternating the wood grain in alternating directions.

Basically, it's 1 1/2" plywood - and thicker beams of that hold up the roofs of a lot of buildings in America, including churches.

What might be of more significance is the added weight - as a material it has a lot of bonding agents, resin, glue, whatever to hold the layers together, with a lot of solid core. It adds up. Most purchasers note the stocks tend to balance a nose heavy carbine when compared to an adjusting stock version, but it does it by adding bulk and being fixed.

In terms of it being a performance enhancer when carried in the field, it's a net loss from the weight aspect and does nothing to enhance accuracy, which is somewhat moot, or reliability, which isn't in question anyway. That leaves it's only feature - it's wood grain - and the ensuing discussion is basically a matter of taste.

It's sort of a Jeep Grand Wagoneer thing.

I always like the looks of the FAL that had the wooden butt stock. If I were to do something with an AR along those lines, that's what I'd go for...add some rugged looking metal hardware etc. But that's all just for looks.

You'd have to work pretty hard to break a laminated wood stock.

i ordered a ironwood walnut rifle set about a week and i/2 ago i will let you know when i get it mounted .