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![[Linked Image]](http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/AZBob_photos/WoodgrainTIStock.jpg) I've always liked the look of a stainless steel rifle with a wood stock, but I like the weight and reliability of a synthetic stock. Unfortunately McMillan discontinued their fibergrain stocks, and I'm not aware of anyone else offering one. A month or so ago, a poster here (Supercrewd) posted a link to a company (HydroImaging) that prints patterns on stocks with a dip process. I decided to give it a try on the black Remington TI stock I put on my Mountain Rifle. Hope the picture shows up. I like it!
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Man am I smart! That looks great, wish I had a rifle needing that treatment right now...
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That turned out really nice, looks friggin great.
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If I didn't know better i would have said that was a wood stock and good lookin one at that.
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That looks great. I would have had them do some checkering on there too just to fake out my buddies when they checked it out. LOL
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Looks outstanding. What does it cost and how durable to you think it is?
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Durability? I'm not sure since I just got it back on Friday. There are 2 small blisters in the finish on the bottom side of the stock that might get knocked off in regular use, so I might have to touch them up with some paint. The guy who dipped it said there were probably pinholes in the stock that caused the paint to blister. It was just $70 to do it, plus the cost of shipping it back to me. This is the matte finish, and it does feel a little slicker in my hands compared to the black splatter texture on the original TI.
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Looks real in the picture. How close do you have to get before you realize it ain't wood?
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When you hold it in your hands you can start to see the "pixels", and you know it's not real wood. Kind of like getting close to your TV screen, you get a different impression of the images on the screen.
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Looks great. I was not aware a wood finish dip was available. Could you do some more pics? Close up view? Thanks in advance.
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I wonder if I can get some of my wood stocks dipped in Swirly patterns?
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I knew you were going to join in but I thought it would be something about getting your wood dipped.
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I knew you were going to join in but I thought it would be something about getting your wood dipped. Missed opportunity = -3.0  
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I wonder if I can get some of my wood stocks dipped in Swirly patterns? Looking at their website, it appears they have some choices that would be even uglier... DN
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biglmbass, I'm not too good with the close-up shots, but here are a couple pics of the wood-grain TI stock compared to a Remington LSS laminated stock. ![[Linked Image]](http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/AZBob_photos/Picture933.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/AZBob_photos/Picture934.jpg)
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That looks pretty good from here.
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Which pattern did you pick? Looking at their website, the number of straight grain patterns is pretty large.
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