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Hi, looking for a pest control rifle, (probably PCP). I've always had wooden furniture on rifles, but thinking about buying something I'm not going to worry about spoiling the look of.
Rubberised finishes (either rubber coated beech or synthetic with 'soft touch' panels) seem to be fairly common.
However any rubber/plastic coated tools etc I've ever owned seem to degrade after a few years into a permanently sticky dust and debris magnet that cannot be cleaned.
Has anyone experienced similar with long-term use of synthetic / rubberised stocks?
Has not one but two workbenches in his shed
Anything I've used thats rubberised seems to get funky in time, you can get non rubberised synthetic stocks that might be a better choice, ding or scratch can probably be filled or painted over if bothered by it, failing that a sticker does the job fine too.
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The sticky stocks can be treated.
There are a couple of ways. Becoming sticky wouldn't bother me and stop me buying one.
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Meths will unsticky rubber
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The rubber recoil pad on my Beretta degraded into a sticky mess. I was not impressed.
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My old Hatsan striker had the coloured 'soft touch' inlays they were dirt magnets from new & rapidly discoloured but the plastic of the stock was fine.
I've got several air rifles & rifles with 'synthetic' stocks & the actual plastic of the stock is fine on all of them.
Have heard poor things about rubber covered wood stocks, so I'd always go for full plastic builds.
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Thanks all. Think I'll be avoiding 'soft touch' materials.
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