Your rifle's stock is your primary contact point with the launch platform that kills your quarry. Choose wisely. Here's how.

• Wood & Laminate wood stocks
  • Proven, aesthetic, easy to work with & accurize
  • Susceptible to changes in moisture
• Injection-molded composites
  • Cheap plastic
  • Better quality "glass-filled nylon"
  • Overly flexible
  • Hard to glass bed & accurize
  • Susceptible to extremes in temperature
• High-end carbon-fiber stocks
  • Carbon fiber lightest & most rigid
  • Easy to glass bed & accurize
  • Extremely strong
  • Lightest material available
  • Impervious to both moisture and temperature shifts
  • Expensive
• Chassis-type stocks
  • Ultimately configurable
  • Many can be folded for easy packing
  • Heavy, cold to the touch
  • Snaggy in brush
  • Noisy when bumped
  • Best for hunting are new magnesium/carbon fiber
  • Keep screws tight
  • Expensive

PLUS:

• Stock shapes for ergonomics & performance
• How to get the best from your stock in real-world use
• How to pick a replacement stock for a production rifle
• How to select a stock for a custom rifle build

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