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3/14/2024 3:00:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: swampfoxoutdoors][Edited]
Is a wood stock with speckled paint job?
Or a synthetic stock painted brown with speckled paint?

Or a hogue rubber molded type stock?
3/14/2024 5:12:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: blfuller][Edited] [#1]
Based on the spec sheet HERE, the stock is painted hardwood.  Which would be like any other hardwood stocks.  Maybe they do this because the wood grain is butt ugly or has defects that are filled with epoxy so they apply the speckled paint.  The synthetic and Hogue stocks do not use the stock reinforcement and screws at the mag well, only the forearm heat shield.
3/14/2024 8:43:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By blfuller:
Based on the spec sheet HERE, the stock is painted hardwood.  Which would be like any other hardwood stocks.  Maybe they do this because the wood grain is butt ugly or has defects that are filled with epoxy so they apply the speckled paint.  The synthetic and Hogue stocks do not use the stock reinforcement and screws at the mag well, only the forearm heat shield.
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Yes I’ve read the same description but have seen it listed as synthetic hardwood on another site.

I too assumed it was to hide a crummy wood stock.
2/5/2025 8:35:23 PM EDT
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I wondered the same thing until today. I stripped the stock with citristrip and it’s actually I nicely grained wood stock. I’m getting ready to stain it
5/19/2025 8:26:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By STEL:
I wondered the same thing until today. I stripped the stock with citristrip and it’s actually I nicely grained wood stock. I’m getting ready to stain it
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Does it look like birch or walnut?
8/3/2025 5:00:12 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By STEL:
I wondered the same thing until today. I stripped the stock with citristrip and it's actually I nicely grained wood stock. I'm getting ready to stain it
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@stel

please post a new thread on this I'd LOVE to see this progress as inspiration for doing it as well
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