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Special editions have always been a thing to get your hands on a unique offering aesthetically with a stable reliable platform behind it. Right now the trend seems to lean heavily into colored grain laminate stocks. This a pic of a current hw77k limited stock ...
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I am not saying these concepts aren't interesting...but these are like an in between concept for me. Technically made of wood, yet lacking the natural beauty of real wood. UnNatural looking, yet not as light weight/weather proof functionally as plastic. With as many things as the air gun companies have done to emulate powder burners, from magazines, bolt actions, semi auto, blow back slides and so on....I would love to see some limited editions that come with stocks that take a page out of the traditional firearms book.
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Weatherby mark v....high figure, full carve, deep cut checking, contrasting accent wood at the muzzle end of the foregrip/grip cap, right/left handed specific, accenting spacer on the recoil pad etc.
They have a limited edition that puts a tx200hc in a piece of furniture like that...I get real interested in having less money.
 
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You can have it done,be ready to pay$$$$$,As far as Weatherby,since I was a boy I have always lusted for one,and they made them for left-handed shooters.BTW,most of the Walnut stocks for the companies come from a place near Winsor ,Calif,went there a few times and picked my own stock wood,made a mistake and got Maple ounce,damm that was a hard piece of wood to shape.This was years past,I am sure other Northern Californians know about this place.
Yes indeed that is a beautiful Weatherby stock(y)
 
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boscoebrea said:
You can have it done,be ready to pay$$$$$,As far as Weatherby,since I was a boy I have always lusted for one,and they made them for left-handed shooters.BTW,most of the Walnut stocks for the companies come from a place near Winsor ,Calif,went there a few times and picked my own stock wood,made a mistake and got Maple ounce,damm that was a hard piece of wood to shape.This was years past,I am sure other Northern Californians know about this place.
Yes indeed that is a beautiful Weatherby stock(y)
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I am aware of the custom stock option, but a limited edition has more appeal. That way I don't get stuck having the original stock packed away in a closet somewhere.
 
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Having made this post I have been spending more than enough time thinking about making my own stock. Got a place to check out tomorrow morning for a piece of wood. One thing in my internet research so far is the lack of checkering tools available....everyone is out of stock right now. Anyone taken on making their own stock here? Ever use any less traditional woods?
 
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Hold_Over said:
Special editions have always been a thing to get your hands on a unique offering aesthetically with a stable reliable platform behind it. Right now the trend seems to lean heavily into colored grain laminate stocks. This a pic of a current hw77k limited stock ...
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I am not saying these concepts aren't interesting...but these are like an in between concept for me. Technically made of wood, yet lacking the natural beauty of real wood. UnNatural looking, yet not as light weight/weather proof functionally as plastic. With as many things as the air gun companies have done to emulate powder burners, from magazines, bolt actions, semi auto, blow back slides and so on....I would love to see some limited editions that come with stocks that take a page out of the traditional firearms book.
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Weatherby mark v....high figure, full carve, deep cut checking, contrasting accent wood at the muzzle end of the foregrip/grip cap, right/left handed specific, accenting spacer on the recoil pad etc.
They have a limited edition that puts a tx200hc in a piece of furniture like that...I get real interested in having less money.
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I visited a gun shop this weekend that only had one gun hanging on the wall of the entire shop with a wooden stock, and it was an ugly piece of wood. So a laminate stock would have been a sight for sore eyes in there.
 
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I visited a gun shop this weekend that only had one gun hanging on the wall of the entire shop with a wooden stock, and it was an ugly piece of wood. So a laminate stock would have been a sight for sore eyes in there.
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Synthetic stocks are gaining for sure. Is it wood availability. Reduced production costs, or the desire to have something that pretends to be a military like platform? I don't know. I do own some synthetic stocks myself, on things that are strictly tools where it has a practical advantage. I don't look at any of them and go wow...that's a great looking rifle.
 
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Synthetic stocks are gaining for sure. Is it wood availability. Reduced production costs, or the desire to have something that pretends to be a military like platform? I don't know. I do own some synthetic stocks myself, on things that are strictly tools where it has a practical advantage. I don't look at any of them and go wow...that's a great looking rifle.
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Yup, Its kind of the reason that I wound up with an FX Crown rather than the FX Impact. BTW , the Crown was a Laminate. 👍
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Having made this post I have been spending more than enough time thinking about making my own stock. Got a place to check out tomorrow morning for a piece of wood. One thing in my internet research so far is the lack of checkering tools available....everyone is out of stock right now. Anyone taken on making their own stock here? Ever use any less traditional woods?
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I would recommend making your own stock. But the stock won’t be better than the wood itself. I consider myself as an amateur, but if the wood is top notch, the result can become amazing.

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I am trying to decide on a lefty Tyrolean for my Lam/stocked HW77long. Custom UK in select Walnut . The problem is will i like it / will it fit my face and scope height ?
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They are made for scope height. I needed to raise the front sight for the Diopter.
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But when you have a nice factory stock to sell, it helps offset the cost of a Custom Stock.
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Down the road if I ever have to part with something, the value of something Ltd. Ed all original is almost always better than custom. Custom airbrushed paint on a classic car depends on the next guy liking whatever fairy dust and rainbow paint scheme you went with over high gloss black.
 
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Down the road if I ever have to part with something, the value of something Ltd. Ed all original is almost always better than custom. Custom airbrushed paint on a classic car depends on the next guy liking whatever fairy dust and rainbow paint scheme you went with over high gloss black.
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I’m to old to care about resale value. If I wait for Weihrauch to do this, I would need be Noah!
 
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