The Last Confederate
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Just curious what the concession is involving wood furniture on firearms in a SHTF situation? I always hear that a wood stock on a firearm will not hold up well in adverse conditions, that one should always get synthetic furniture for their firearms whenever possible due to this fact.
This demand is very great for such rifles as the M14, where many people advocate a synthetic stock on that rifle. However, those same people will then turn around and cry heresy when there is mention of putting an M! Garand in a synthetic stock. Why is the wood stock durable enough for the M1 Garand, but not durable enough for the M14?
I have seen many a firearm with wood furniture survive some of the worst hellish conditions imaginable. Sure the wood is beat up, but it still prevails.
Anyway, what are the opinions on this issue? Is a synthetic stock essential for SHTF whenever possible, or is wood sometimes acceptable (as in the M1 Garand)?
This demand is very great for such rifles as the M14, where many people advocate a synthetic stock on that rifle. However, those same people will then turn around and cry heresy when there is mention of putting an M! Garand in a synthetic stock. Why is the wood stock durable enough for the M1 Garand, but not durable enough for the M14?
I have seen many a firearm with wood furniture survive some of the worst hellish conditions imaginable. Sure the wood is beat up, but it still prevails.
Anyway, what are the opinions on this issue? Is a synthetic stock essential for SHTF whenever possible, or is wood sometimes acceptable (as in the M1 Garand)?