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It seems the way of wood and steel are a thing of the past. I haven't perused retail gun racks in a while, but the inventory in most recent walkabouts don't look like they used to. I understand how time marches on, but I'm not sure anyone is really making wood and steel guns any more. With the exception of certain classes of clay target guns, I imagine the market for new and old guns made of walnut and blue steel is just plain old gone, old news, nada, kaput, permanently disappeared.

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I just bought a Winchester miroku low wall Single shot in .357 magnum. It was expensive, and nobody seemed to want this single shot. The dealer had it for a while and finally i just had to have it.Its a beautiful blue and walnut and I have had a blast with it shooting steel at 100 and even 200 yards.
Can't disagree with you that plastic is the rage but the blue and steel era is not quite over yet
 
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That's encouraging. For now. I hear ya brother. Anything Winchester and Browning ever put out by Miroku was just great.




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It seems the way of wood and steel are a thing of the past. I haven't perused retail gun racks in a while, but the inventory in most recent walkabouts don't look like they used to. I understand how time marches on, but I'm not sure anyone is really making wood and steel guns any more. With the exception of certain classes of clay target guns, I imagine the market for new and old guns made of walnut and blue steel is just plain old gone, old news, nada, kaput, permanently disappeared.

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I say try another gun shop. Plenty of steel and wood rifles and shotguns and revolvers and 1911s out there. At walmart? Maybe not.


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I say try another gun shop. Plenty of steel and wood rifles and shotguns and revolvers and 1911s out there. At walmart? Maybe not.


Agreed. It's out there, and it demands a premium, so there's obviously still demand. LGS almost got me with a beautiful S&W 10-5 a couple of weeks ago, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money...good thing, too, because within three days I got hit with over $1000 in unexpected bills for household stuff. But if you're going to the right shops, places that have used inventory, there's plenty of good stuff to be found. The big city chains that have ranges and rental guns are typically not those places.
 
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Both my long guns (Mini-14 and Remington Model 7) have wood stocks and blued steel and I wouldn't want it any other way, don't care what everyone else is doing. If I'm going to be fondling something for 6 hours, I so much prefer wood over polymer.

The last time I shot the Rem, an RSO came up to me and said, "Wow. Someone still uses a wood stock." At a range.



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I can tell if I want to be in a gun shop within about 3 seconds. If I look at the walls and see a bunch of black plastic, I whirl right around and head out.

I am a certified walnut/blued steel nut. In fact, this is my avatar on another site. You'd think prices would come down on older wood guns that "nobody wants" anymore but that doesn't seem to be the case.




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Can't disagree with you that plastic is the rage but the blue and steel era is not quite over yet


Yep. A number of companies, like Ruger, Remington, Mossberg, Henry, Savage, Rossi, and Uberti, continue to produce wood and steel long guns.

Just not in the same quantities as decades past.

A few companies continue to do the same with handguns too, though mostly revolvers and 1911s.
 
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Just because I wanted a spare for my Primary 28/410. I'll also note that I shoot 4 gun Skeet and you won't find much tupperware at those matches.



It's been a grail gun for years and the price was right. I also did the checkering on the smooth walnut grips it came with just because I wanted to learn how to checker a gun.


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People still want steel and wood, but they're expensive to produce. Most people won't pay 1000+ for a pistol when they can get one that does the same job for 500. The guns are out there, a local shop has a ton of shotguns made of those materials. I can recommend the CZ series, with several models under 1k, all steel and wood. Living up a bit, Cesar Guerini (sp?) makes great guns, blue, wood, and several with color case hardened receivers. Back to handguns-the finish isn't perfect, but Tisas makes a pretty good 1911 in wood and parkerized for about 400 bucks.
 
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Wood stocks are great for hanging on a wall but for long gun that I plan on using & carrying in the field I much prefer synthetic.


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God, I hope so. That way I'll be able to buy my preferred guns at a steep discount!



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Blue steel and wood is not common anymore. My preference too, and for example finding old school S&W no lock blue revolvers has been not easy any more. When you do find them, they want top tier prices for common models, or mint condition prices for beaters
 
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As mentioned, shop around. There is plenty of wood and steel out there, though some of the new wood isn't the same as the old wood. Gunbroker is also a spot to look.

IIRC SIG makes a metal lower P320 with Wood grips, The M17 Ceremonial, and a 1911 STX with wood.

I do find it funny, that we're complaining about the lack of wood and steel on the SIG Forum, given that they have been big on aluminum frames with plastic grips for a long time.
 
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I have plenty of plastic pistols, but this is what I have on me right now:



There is a market. It's not the utilitarian market, or the low-price market, or the "service grade" market.

It's the antique-style art market.

It will never be dominant again, but thankfully there is always a market for beautiful things.
 
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Steel frames are making a comeback and there’s still plenty out there with wood grips. Sig offers a few themselves.
 
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What was that rifle Bond used in Skyfall? That was a gorgeous item


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What was that rifle Bond used in Skyfall? That was a gorgeous item


It was an Anderson Wheeler Double Rifle, in .500 Nitro Express.

One will only cost you ~$20,000. Wink

 
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I do like the look of nicely crafted wood and well done bluing. But as it my habit, I tend to find things to bump into and I really, truly HATE that crusty brown stuff that's commonly known as rust. I can appreciate well enough the build quality, but I'll still pick and carry my pedestrian plastic fantastic through hell and high water. After all is said and done, that pistol is first and foremost a tool.


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