BLUE STEEL BEAUTY AND THE SYNTHETIC BEAST

[TacticalTedcom]

From rifles to shotguns to pistols, many of today’s guns have done away with wood stocks and, in the case of pistols, metal frames in favor of synthetic materials. The reasons for this are varied. In the case of shotguns, the reason was to increase durability in inclement weather. With rifles, the main reason given was the fact that
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[MarcSpaz]

Good Read! Thanks Ted.

I have 3 wood stock rifles. They are so nice to look at for sure... but how about the point that they even feel warm (as in welcoming). Modern tactical rifles are good for what they are, but I wouldn't be hanging one over the fireplace any time soon.

[SHMIV]

I gotta say, I do prefer the look of of steel and wood over plastic. The tactical look, just for the sake of looking tactical, never really appealed to me, much.

I agree, as well, on having a heavier handgun. My sister carries some feather weight thing, and she hates to shoot it. Catching all the recoil screws with her carpal tunnel, defeating her purpose in going for the feather weight, to begin with. As for me, I find that I get better control with heavier pistols.

I have fired some rifles that were functionally the same thing, but the difference was wood stocks and tacticool stocks. I found that the tacticool stocks had better recoil absorption. And, while the tacticool appeals less than the classic look of wood furniture, from a visual standpoint. .. Well, I'm a little guy. .. no body fat, to speak of. And, high recoil on a wooden stock is too painful to be fun. So, I found some value in in the tactical stuff, after all. But, just like Marc, don't look for plastic rifles being prominently displayed in my house; over the fireplace or elsewhere.

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[dorminWS]

...................., don't look for plastic rifles being prominently displayed in my house; over the fireplace or elsewhere.

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Took me forever to bring myself to buy "black" guns. I'm now resigned to the fact that a lot of firearms that are worth having are built that way and admit they are fun to shoot, but I still feel like it's a shame to make something that could have been (at least more) attractive to the eye so utilitarian and - well, just plain ugly (but I acknowledge there are some, like the AK-47, for instance, that it probably ain't possible to make purty). I'm still partial to well-grained wood and blued steel. But I long ago decided that the days of displaying guns in your home or otherwise for their beauty were gone. Sad truth is that a gun that's out where it can be seen and admired is a lot more likely to be stolen. So the glass-doored wood gun cabinet that I spent heavily on back in the '80s so SWMBO would let me put it in a room with the rest of her overpriced furniture has long since been converted to a curio cabinet. The safest gun is the one very few people know you have - in more ways than one.

[TacticalTedcom]

Good Read! Thanks Ted.

I have 3 wood stock rifles. They are so nice to look at for sure... but how about the point that they even feel warm (as in welcoming). Modern tactical rifles are good for what they are, but I wouldn't be hanging one over the fireplace any time soon.

That is something that I have always felt but neglected to mention in the article is that warm feeling wood seems to give the viewer. The wood does seem friendlier and welcoming.