Wood stock rifles

[gizmo]

Here here Dawg! Most of my everyday North American hunting rifles are composite stocks but all my Safari guns are wood. I just can force myself to buy a classic Safari caliber in a composite, there is something that feels blasphemous about it. Now that being said, with the exception of my 416 the other guns I took to Africa were composites. Go figure right. Too scared to risk the airlines breaking one.

 

[JG26Irish_2]

Yes, a run of the mill Boxster can probably out handle an old 911, let alone a GT3. Probably faster, too. That is not the point.

I can appreciate a GT3 for what it is. But then the next new thing will come along. But a true 911 will always turn heads.

A composite stocked rifle is a tool. It is brutally competent, dependable, accurate, and efficient. The lower cost to produce means it can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable price. It resists weather. In an engineering sense, it is a very elegant solution.

But in other senses, it's not elegant at all.

Well said. The old wide body 911 Turbo-look Carerra is stunning and has tons of appeal, and a motorsport soul similar to an old Mauser.