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I like wood at times but I prefer a good synthetic if I had to use it in a real situation. They are lighter but for the most part you have more options I think with a synthetic I think the reason most probably go for it is due to the light weight factor few probably need to worry about swelling unless you live in a humid area. I recently read some stuff about swelling with sniper rifles used in Vietnam it was one reason the military switched. Before they used several different hunting rifles but it was not until later that they started refining the weapon. I have an old teacher who was a sniper in Vietnam but he doesn't like to talk about it. I like the wood on Ak rifles and liked the wood on the SKS but I went for a synthetic all black look on my AK. My AK came with Tapco stuff but I changed out a lot of stuff. My friend got himself an SKS after I told him that they were nice cheap rifles and he got his with a wood and synthetic setup. It has the synthetic on and the 30rd detachable mag it looks cool and I would like one later. I also want several things in wood as well. The wood looks nice but I don't know that I would shoot them much due to the fact I don't want them beat up. I just started my gun collection a few years back.

Started with this.


Now I have this.

Looks like you spent a whole lot'ta money on a whole lot'ta nothing.

ITT: the GGE fails at understanding "aesthetics".

Money is not a subset of aesthetics, and thus is not relevant.

Also, Shrantic can totally afford to get anything duracoated. The guy who did my rifle for $40 moved out there. xd

They're mass produced and hobb cobbed together mostly.

If you want something in a synthetic stock that looks good look at an AK-74 with the plumb furniture.


For an AK with wood, some stripping and a good finish is all that's needed.