I can't imagine the company staying in the stock making business too long if that is the quality of their workmanship. Pretty crude third world looking stuff, and that's likely doing some firearm producing third world countries a disservice.
Surely they could have moulded some checkering in!!
Is that a crack at the front of the loading port in the third photo or just an illusion like the rest of the stock
Posts: 3913 | Location: Rolleston, Christchurch, New Zealand | Registered: 03 August 2009
My first synth stock was a Lee Six stock,back in the late 1970's. Could not believe how light it was. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't some checkering on it but some crinkle type paint solved that. Glass bedded an old Win barreled action in the stock and found the 2 to 2 1/2 inch groups it shot with the wood stock were suddenly 1 in groups. I've since re-barreled that rifle to 284 and it is still a delight to carry. The moulded in checkering is one of the few positives that some of the present day "plastic" stocks have.
They were first generation, hand laid up, fiberglas/resin stocks; hand made; the forte was to be as light as possible; not for looks. They were not the injection molded things on cheap rifles like we have now. .
Posts: 17291 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
Deterioration starts at seven years? Then what?[/QUOTE]
Not sure about this deterioration ?? My stock was purchased around 1980,so that makes it 35 yrs old. It is still as solid as the day it came in the mail. I've seen fiberglass boats deteriorate after 45 to 50 years with a good bit of that time exposed to sunlight but I don't see that happening to my stock. Another 15 yrs and I may not care what happens to it !
