the Tiger Maple Cynergy looks nice... - Page 2

zippy13 · July 18, 2012, 01:41 PM

Jim, they're Browning's pics

Like this one:

Slugo · July 18, 2012, 07:26 PM

then let me throw up one of mine!!!

BigJimP · July 19, 2012, 11:51 AM

those stocks have to be at least 1 grade up from "crate wood" as my buddy says....

but seriously, --- and not just to yank Slugo's chain ---which is fun --- / but seriously, Browning has been sourcing their stocks with a much better quality walnut than they did 15 yrs ago. However, I do not like their " oil finish" they are using on a lot of their models now ...it doesn't hold up to weather very well...and after a couple of yrs it tends to get "muddy" or cloudy looking hiding the grain --- and the only way I've found to bring the looks of the gun back - are to completely strip it and refinish it with a harder varnish ( like poly). Some models like the XS Skeet and the XT Trap still have the more durable heavier / gloss varnish that just holds up better.

Slugo · July 19, 2012, 06:22 PM

BigJim, pull this...

BigJimP · July 19, 2012, 06:32 PM

Oh come on now ....I said at least 1 grade up .....

.300 Weatherby Mag · July 19, 2012, 06:38 PM

Here's some wood for ya, BigJim...

BigJimP · July 19, 2012, 06:42 PM

Now that is a " shotgun stock " ......very nice my man......

Slugo · July 19, 2012, 09:51 PM

300WM, that is spectacular!!

Slugo · July 19, 2012, 09:54 PM

look at this beautiful wood! AK-47 grade...

zippy13 · July 20, 2012, 08:03 AM

Slugo, that 870's got P-grade wood... P for pallet.

Slugo · July 20, 2012, 08:54 AM

hahahahahaha. P as in pee...

Slugo · July 20, 2012, 08:57 AM

Zip, I would never have imagined that Remington, as it once was, would be producing the crap they are offering up these days. But then, count the owners over the last 15 years or so...

BigJimP · July 20, 2012, 10:51 AM

nice spray on tan ....on some of those guns isn't it ....

zippy13 · July 20, 2012, 11:06 PM

For some years, hasn't the Remington catalog referred to the stock material as something like "walnut finished" hardwood?

TheKlawMan · July 21, 2012, 02:01 AM

Zippy. I believe some of them come with laminated wood; BigJim would know better but that sounds like just a step up from dimensional wood a.k.a. plywood.

.300 Weatherby Mag · July 21, 2012, 02:40 AM

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Zippy. I believe some of them come with laminated wood; BigJim would know better but that sounds like just a step up from dimensional wood a.k.a. plywood.

They are a laminated hardwood... I had one... The only downside is that they are heavier than the earlier models with the walnut finished hardwood...

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look at this beautiful wood! AK-47 grade...

Although I don't particularly like the looks my 20 gauge express sure shoots good...

zippy13 · July 21, 2012, 11:24 AM

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The only downside is that they are heavier than the earlier models with the walnut finished hardwood...

Depending upon the application, being heavier may not be a detriment.

.300 Weatherby Mag · July 21, 2012, 11:44 AM

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Depending upon the application, being heavier may not be a detriment.

For chasing quail or Chukars it would be a detriment... For targets, not so much...

zippy13 · July 21, 2012, 12:31 PM

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For chasing quail or Chukars it would be a detriment... For targets, not so much...

Exactly!
Of course, there are some guys, like my buddy Big Jim, whose arms are so long that they hunt upland with a rake.

Powderman · July 21, 2012, 12:56 PM

@300WM...There are very few occasions where I am left speechless.

That stock is truly beautiful. I can only wish that I could afford something like that.

zippy13 · July 21, 2012, 01:15 PM

Powderman, here's another P-gun you might like...

Powderman · July 21, 2012, 01:32 PM

Whimper....whine.....shake.....

That shotgun is almost too pretty to shoot.

Almost.

zippy13 · July 21, 2012, 01:56 PM

I've shot it 3 or 4 times in the last 15-years.

.300 Weatherby Mag · July 21, 2012, 11:01 PM

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That stock is truly beautiful. I can only wish that I could afford something like that.

Keep your eye out... You never know what you might find on a used gun rack... I have a Winchester Model 12 field gun that somebody put Diana Grade wood on.... Paid $500 for it...

zippy13 · July 21, 2012, 11:35 PM

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I have a Winchester Model 12 field gun that somebody put Diana Grade wood on.... Paid $500 for it...

God will get ya for that one.

July 21, 2012, 12:56 PM	#45
Powderman Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2001 Location: Washington State Posts: 2,166	@300WM...There are very few occasions where I am left speechless. That stock is truly beautiful. I can only wish that I could afford something like that. __________________ Hiding in plain sight...

July 21, 2012, 01:32 PM	#47
Powderman Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2001 Location: Washington State Posts: 2,166	Whimper....whine.....shake..... That shotgun is almost too pretty to shoot. Almost. __________________ Hiding in plain sight...

July 18, 2012, 01:41 PM	#26
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Jim, they're Browning's pics Like this one:

July 18, 2012, 07:26 PM	#27
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	then let me throw up one of mine!!!

July 19, 2012, 11:51 AM	#28
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	those stocks have to be at least 1 grade up from "crate wood" as my buddy says.... but seriously, --- and not just to yank Slugo's chain ---which is fun --- / but seriously, Browning has been sourcing their stocks with a much better quality walnut than they did 15 yrs ago. However, I do not like their " oil finish" they are using on a lot of their models now ...it doesn't hold up to weather very well...and after a couple of yrs it tends to get "muddy" or cloudy looking hiding the grain --- and the only way I've found to bring the looks of the gun back - are to completely strip it and refinish it with a harder varnish ( like poly). Some models like the XS Skeet and the XT Trap still have the more durable heavier / gloss varnish that just holds up better.

July 19, 2012, 06:22 PM	#29
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	BigJim, pull this...

July 19, 2012, 06:32 PM	#30
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Oh come on now ....I said at least 1 grade up .....

July 19, 2012, 06:38 PM	#31
.300 Weatherby Mag Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Posts: 1,777	Here's some wood for ya, BigJim...

July 19, 2012, 06:42 PM	#32
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Now that is a " shotgun stock " ......very nice my man......

July 19, 2012, 09:51 PM	#33
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	300WM, that is spectacular!!

July 19, 2012, 09:54 PM	#34
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	look at this beautiful wood! AK-47 grade...

July 20, 2012, 08:03 AM	#35
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Slugo, that 870's got P-grade wood... P for pallet.

July 20, 2012, 08:54 AM	#36
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	hahahahahaha. P as in pee...

July 20, 2012, 08:57 AM	#37
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	Zip, I would never have imagined that Remington, as it once was, would be producing the crap they are offering up these days. But then, count the owners over the last 15 years or so...

July 20, 2012, 10:51 AM	#38
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	nice spray on tan ....on some of those guns isn't it ....

July 20, 2012, 11:06 PM	#39
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	For some years, hasn't the Remington catalog referred to the stock material as something like "walnut finished" hardwood?

July 21, 2012, 02:01 AM	#40
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	Zippy. I believe some of them come with laminated wood; BigJim would know better but that sounds like just a step up from dimensional wood a.k.a. plywood.

July 21, 2012, 01:15 PM	#46
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Powderman, here's another P-gun you might like...

July 21, 2012, 01:56 PM	#48
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	I've shot it 3 or 4 times in the last 15-years.