As you may have seen from my broken stock post above, I'm in the market for replacement stock for my Sako L691. I like the traditional look and feel of wood, but perhaps I need a synthetic. Would any of you care to make suggestions or comments regarding my opportunities here?

Thanks

Have you considered a laminate. There are some top end custom laminates from figured lumber that are gorgeous. Feel of wood but strength of laminate.

Take a look at some of the better wood laminates out there. The better ones (in my opinion) offer a very good compromise (everything has it pluses and minuses) between a natural wood stock and a synthetic one. The differences between synthetic and a laminated wood stock are mostly aesthetic and that makes it more of a personal choice than a practical one. The synthetics are normally a bit lighter in weight...but not always if they utilize the ubiquitous bedding blocks. The laminates have the advantage of being able to be shaped to the customers preference just like a natural wood stock... where doing this on a synthetic, while not impossible, is not very practical or easily accomplished.

Rick

Saw the picture of your Sako stock, it made me cringe. Too bad it wasn't a Left Hand stock, I could repalce that in kind.

I have restocked three Sako's with McMillan stocks. I choose the Sako Classic and Sako Varmint style stocks, however McMillan's Sako Hunter is a glass replica of the stock that is broken. The others are glass replicas of Sako's stocks of the same name.

The McMillans get the job done, and should be very reliable, no matter how ham fisted baggage handlers, shipping companies get.