New or Old style

[1stmarine]

FACTS ABOUT POLYMER:
- Polymer doesn't have to be painted.
- Polymer doesn't split, shrink or expand with moisture.
- Polymer is several times lighter than wood
- Polymer is stronger than wood, aluminum and other alloys.

FACTS ABOUT WOOD:
- Wood is beautiful.
- Wood is plentiful and easy to work with (for those with the skill).
- Wood brings up the character of the firearm.
- Wood is heavier and sometimes this could be a good thing in some systems.

If wood was better than polymer or carbon the top end MBRs, sniper systems and most popular tactical pistols would be using wood.
At the other end I cannot stop to appreciate the art and skill in the firearms that show beautiful wood work and finish.
Everything has its place that is why we cannot compare these two. It would be like comparing bicycles with motorcycles.

Wood is beautiful no doubt.




A polymer component doesn't have to be butt ugly neither...

 

[bruzer]

I prefer to admire the old styles and use the new.
I can remember a hunting trip where I lost my footing and slid down a small embankment. Put a BIG NASTY SCRATCH down the butt of my Mom's 30-30 wood stock. Felt horrible about it. If it would have been one of these new fangled plastic stocks I would have felt that I put some character to it.
Mike