Originally Posted by Ted Schefelbein
Well, if there is a distinct chance that what you are hunting is an animal that will attempt to eat you, should you fail at bullet placement, because it has been raining on Kodiac Island the last month, and the beautiful walnut has swelled and moved zero to someplace else, you might come to realize that synthetics have their place.

My son has a Stalker stock on his A5. It is a 1952 Speedfeed A5, and a Stalker stock doesn’t belong there, but, guess what? The front isn’t cracked where most of them are. The tang isn’t split, like a bunch of them are.

It will never crack. Something to be said for that.

Best,
Ted

Amazing that all of North America was settled with bows, arrows, and walnut stocked rifles. Having spent weeks in the AK bush where it rained all day, every day, I can say with some experience that it is pretty foolish BS to think that plastic is some sort of magic. Just more internet keyboard "wisdom" I guess. Well made wood and blue rifles do just fine, anywhere, anytime. More plastic hyperbole here than I would have guessed.