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Well, that helps me put my experiences into perspective. I guess we've just been lucky. Maybe that lucky streak will continue another ten years (rifles), or so.

Thanks for the reply.

Edit: This is one of two, almost identical, back to back, groups shot last Saturday afternoon by a new, out of the box Tikka at 100 yards, with "cheap" factory ammo..

Some guys are content with cheap plastic rifles some are not....

Nothing wrong with a good synthetic stock on a rifle but it's not required on an accurate rifle.

Never owned a Tikka sounds too.much like a torch to me....I'm sure Cooper makes nice rifles never owned one.

I have owned several wood stocked Yonkers Kimbers in big game calibers and they've all shot 5 shot groups under minute of angle at 100 yards.

As of now I'm shooting a Yonkers Kimber wood stocked .300 WSM I bought it used off Gunsinternational its topped with a 2-12×42 Schmidt and Bender and she's shooting 5 shots out of a clean barrel under an inch at 100 yards at 3300 fps over a Labradar.

(Nice lucky 3 shot grOup Stanley).....

ALCON
some input seems to treat my inquiry as ignorant or of the Nimrod. I am neither. Been hunting for 50 + years.
the lectures about the attributes of synthetics and their wonderous properties are irrelevant. I know all of that. I have had synthetic stocked rifles and hunted with them. My hunting nowadays is confined to Eastern Whitetails. Yes rifles are "precision " instruments. but for eastern Whitetail hunting where more deer are shot under 50 yards than over 50 yards, and even if I have a shot at 200 yds (the limit I cam see from my stands) a rifle that shoots 1/2". 1" or 2" for that matter at 100 yards will suffice.

For me, fine rifles deserve wood. Ill give up that bit of durability and stability for the satisfaction of fine walnut.
I have a Cooper 22 Magnum, in a nice walnut stock that puts 5 shots under an inch at 100 yards. OMG, its not synthetic.

to those of you who have provided constructive input I thank you.

I have a Cooper in .300 Win Mag. I shot a bull moose with it last year, animals die when shot, no complaints. I had a hard time getting the
right load to shoot like the enclosed target with the gun, so I called them up and go the secret formula, now it shoots one hole groups just like the
test target. The magazine is pretty simple in design and I have never been about to get it to load from the ejection port, needs to be removed from the
rifle to be loaded, it's not really a problem. I got mine on a close out at Scheel's- 700 bucks off. I really didn't need another rifle, but I couldn't pass it up.

My friend has one set up for antelope. Shoots as guaranteed. I like my Christensen better for the money (if you're going modern).

Walnut vs. plastic...I don't think that's a fair comparison. A custom Kevlar stock can be a true work of craftmanship. I agree injection molded plastic stocks suck (and I have replaced some with wood) but, a quality composite stock is a whole different thing and something I can appreciate.

UPDATE: So much for a Cooper. I tried dealers in NY, VT,NH, and Maine. no one has any in stock and none would entertain an order. I called Cooper back and they said go to a dealer in another part of country. they wont sell to me as an FFL (07 MFG and Class 2 SOT) .

seems like all I talked to, dealers and Cooper. were pretty disinterested in taking 5K or more from me.

Big:

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...lassic-300-win-mag-.cfm?gun_id=101967959

Not so big:

https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...ooper-model-54-257r.cfm?gun_id=102108916

Quite a bit less than $5K, would either of these work?

Best,
Ted

Ted,
thanks but not what I am looking for. after the dismissive attitude of Cooper, I wont buy their product.