You guys are great, that’s why I registered and posted the question here.
I can’t (in good conscience) go much more than $1000-$1200. Those in that range are plenty pretty enough for me.
I just like polished blue and walnut. Doesn’t have to be museum grade, just a good example of a rifle made with care.
The Model 70 series seems like a solid starting point.
I think you are good to go. A few of my rifles that had nice stocks and possibly some collector value I bought with wood and then got a syn stock to beat. The original stocks are still in the safe. Others that have nice wood I hunt with and enjoy refinishing them when they get too beat up.
BTW where is Geedubya? He has some awesome looking rifles that he hunts.
