rifle checkering-yes-no?

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ohihunter2014

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Im getting ready to order a boyds classic or prairie hunter and they want $55 for checkering but ive never had a wood stock rifle so wondering is the checkering worth it for grip?
 
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Total personal preference.

I have over a half dozen Boyds stocks and none have
checkering, but that's just my personal preference.
 
Boyd's offers stippling and they have a couple different patterns...I have it on my two Prairie Hunter stocks and I really like it. It is functional, it doesn't slip and it really don't wear like cut diamond checkering. I use these rifles to hunt with a lot and it shows no wear. I checker a lot of gun stocks and restore old double barrel shotguns...my personal opinion, you really don't want standard type cut checkering on laminated birch wood.
 
I put my 222 in a Boyds stock....wasn't going to checker it at first but my buddy talked me into changing my order at the last minute...they literally had it boxed up and on it's way out the door....but the nice gal pulled it out just in the nick of time. I'm glad I did it.

Their lazer checkering is as close to hand checkering as anything I've seen.

 
For me, nothing looks worse than a nice piece of walnut finished well but without checkering. Checkering puts a finished look to a wood rifle stock.
 
Originally Posted By: msincBoyd's offers stippling and they have a couple different patterns...I have it on my two Prairie Hunter stocks and I really like it. It is functional, it doesn't slip and it really don't wear like cut diamond checkering. I use these rifles to hunt with a lot and it shows no wear. I checker a lot of gun stocks and restore old double barrel shotguns...my personal opinion, you really don't want standard type cut checkering on laminated birch wood.

whats the difference in stippling?
 
It could be that the checkering just happened to hit the dark area between the laminates on the one and the lighter area of one of the sections of wood {the laminate itself} on the other...or it could be that you are seeing the stippling as that looks darker. Stippling is done with a sharp punch tapped into the wood repeatedly to give it a rough sort of "spongy" look {for lack of a better description}. I can take some photos of my stocks that are stippled and post them if you really want to see it up close.

Edit: it does look as if they apply some sort of dark stain to the stippled areas to make them stand out.
 
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The stippling is sone with a laser. It burns it black. Baby girl wanted hers stippled wth fluers and ribbons. It looks nice and gives a good feel.
 
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Originally Posted By: msincIt could be that the checkering just happened to hit the dark area between the laminates on the one and the lighter area of one of the sections of wood {the laminate itself} on the other...or it could be that you are seeing the stippling as that looks darker. Stippling is done with a sharp punch tapped into the wood repeatedly to give it a rough sort of "spongy" look {for lack of a better description}. I can take some photos of my stocks that are stippled and post them if you really want to see it up close.

Edit: it does look as if they apply some sort of dark stain to the stippled areas to make them stand out.

If you wouldn't mind posting a pic i would appreciate it.
 
Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014Originally Posted By: msincIt could be that the checkering just happened to hit the dark area between the laminates on the one and the lighter area of one of the sections of wood {the laminate itself} on the other...or it could be that you are seeing the stippling as that looks darker. Stippling is done with a sharp punch tapped into the wood repeatedly to give it a rough sort of "spongy" look {for lack of a better description}. I can take some photos of my stocks that are stippled and post them if you really want to see it up close.

Edit: it does look as if they apply some sort of dark stain to the stippled areas to make them stand out.

If you wouldn't mind posting a pic i would appreciate it.

Sorry for the delay...Here is the brown color laminate...cant remember what they call it...nutmeg???



Here is the "pepper" laminate....



And here is both guns backed away so you can see the pattern...they offer several other patterns as well, but this one is my favorite:
 
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