Wood...On an AR!?!

[6x6pinz]

The wood option on "one" of my AR's was not based on taking into battle. I have no plans on going into battle with any of my rifles, shotguns or pistols, that is what the military/police are for. I just like the looks, just like some like the looks of a night vision device (which serves no real purpose in the civilian world) the difference is I don't care what you do with your rifle after all it is your rifle.

If it feels good do it!

 

[ForumSurfer]

I just like the looks, just like some like the looks of a night vision device (which serves no real purpose in the civilian world)

Hey now, some of us get free reign to shoot certain critters day or night....just saying.

Nice rifle, btw...I really like that.

 

[6x6pinz]

Hey now, some of us get free reign to shoot certain critters day or night....just saying.

I have a buddy in TX that reminds me of that all the time. SOOOOO Jealous He sends me pics of his exploits using an FA 308 with night vision and vids of the hogs just exploding in the darkness.

 

[Rshooter]

I think wood looks really cool on an AR. Would I put it on mine, no. Life would be very boring though if all AR's looked the same.

 

[oneounceload]

Probably nothing. I guess if you ripped off 10 mags as fast as you could, the wood may be affected. I don't think anybody puts wood on their "tactical" rifle, though. The wood handguards are no more a fire hazard than the plastic stock is a fragile piece of junk that will break if you look at it wrong. (I recall hitting targets pretty hard with that "wimpy" stock during hand-to-hand training in boot camp. None of the rifles in my platoon were affected)

The M1 and M14 had wood furniture - and they worked quite well

 

[mortablunt]

Perhaps there are certain things that man was not meant to see. I am pretty sure that a wooden furniture AR will haunt my memory forever.

 

[againstthagrane]

last time i checked AKs and FALs aren't piston conversions. they're just pistons

 

[againstthagrane]

in other news, i just ordered some railed aluminum handguards for my over under and my winchester 1886

 

[Mikey Idaho]

Actually love it, first AR's I've seen that I found aesthetically pleasing in any way.

 

[stchman]

At least they are different. Pretty much all ARs look alike.

 

[Rail Driver]

I like the wood... gives it a "Classic" look. Less "tacticool".

I'd like to see different styles of wood furniture.

 

[6x6pinz]

I'd like to see different styles of wood furniture.

did you check out precision link in one of the above posts. Not really different styles but different wood types. Makes you wonder what a thumbhole stock would lool like on an AR something like the stock that is on my Daewoo only in wood

 

[againstthagrane]

At least they are different. Pretty much all ARs look alike.

hmmm, considering that AR-15's are the most modular rifle ever created I find this statement very puzzling.

So you're saying a 20'' barrelled DMR setup with a billet lower and fixed stock fitted with a 10x scope looks the same as a 10" barrelled MK.18 clone with an aimpoint mini?

perhaps the lady doth protest too much.

 

[ItsGarand]

Wood on the rifle definitely softens the image of the EBR

 

[Bobson]

Eh. Can't say I'm a fan of it. I appreciate quality wood furniture on a rifle as much as the next guy, but it looks downright strange on an AR - even when done really well, like on 6x6pinz' rifle.

Give me that same furniture on an AK47, and I'll be swooning, but not an AR.

 

[ShroomFish]

I would love to have a A1 slickside with a XM177 style barrel with wood furniture.. Oh I am drooling just thinking about it

 

[6x6pinz]

Ok I thought I would show you a picture for comparison of the AR15 with wood and "regular" setups. I think this will show you why some think it makes the wood AR stand out from the rest of the crowd that looks the same.

 

[againstthagrane]

Paint woul have achieved the same results. Anyways, the reason they look the same is because you set them up the same. I see three m4geries, two the flipup front sight look to be setup identically, and they're all solid black. That like me buying three yellow 2008 Boxters then putting wood panelling on one because all porsches look the same.

I'm not saying it's wrong to like the wood grain, I'm saying there are ways to make your AR stand out without making it look like a stationwagon from the mid seventies

 

[stchman]

To againstthatgrane:

Look at 6x6pinz pic and tell me all those non wood ARs don't all pretty much look alike.

Yes, you can add a few different twists to the AR, but they all still look very much alike IMO in all black guise.

Now I have seen a blue/white digi camo patterned AR at a gun show that did stand out from all the others.

 

[CharlesT]

Wow

 

[stchman]

To againstthagrane:

So AK-47s look like 70s station wagons?

For that matter all rifles with wood look like 70s station wagons?

I could not disagree with you more.

 

[KodiakBeer]

I like the wood, but then I hate plastic on any gun.

 

[againstthagrane]

stchman:

They all look the same because three of them are set up identically(m4gery). Two of the others are also setup identically.

here are my two ARs, they are most def NOT identical, in fact I've never seen an AR like the one on the right. Not only do they not look the same but they don't even shoot the same because one has a carbine length gas system and one is a midlength.

That is just two possibilities, I've seen rifles painted in all manner of camo patterns, barrel lengths/material/finishes, stock types, iron sight types, and muzzle devices. I guess to someone who isn't all too familiar with them, they could look the same.

I mean I could post a pic of 10 wood AR-15s all set up the same way and make the claim that all wood ARs look the same. If you like wood ARs then more power to you, it's your money and your time, but don't make silly claims that they all look the same.

 

[Strykervet]

The AR originally had a wood stock. Funny how everyone here thinks it was made with plastic. I think the Sudanese ones had wood too, if so, it was actually fielded and issued. These were AR10s. The picture was in "Guns of the World", I have a very old copy somewhere around here. I think they also had a "cocking hook" inside the loop of the carry handle.

I think the wood would be nice for competitions. Much more easily custom cut to fit the individual. I actually kind of like how it looks.

 

[Sam Cade]

I think the Sudanese ones had wood too, if so, it was actually fielded and issued. These were AR10s.

Nope.
Phenolic laminate from the get go.