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Originally posted by kruzaroad kruzaroad wrote:

Holy smokes that much for a stock!
That's a bit of an eye opener.
I actual imagine it would be cheeper for it aluminum as the tooling machines
(mother*#$":/ another rabbit just scooted past the irony)
Um yeah the tooling machines are there, billet aluminum is going to be cheaper than laminating wood sections. The process will be fully automated.
Seems to be a lot of beauty over practically going on here. Mostly by guys who own multiple guns.
In the target shooting world that would be cutting your nose off to spite your face.
I'm betting that you guys have very nice wooden stocked rifles for your viewing pleasure.
As someone who has synthetic stocks for the practically of them but does really amire and love the feel of wood, I see your point but don't think it's a practical view towards this stock. But that is just my view



$7k is for the rifle in laminate stock, the alloy would likely be the same price or perhaps slightly more. The laminate blanks are made in finland - you can buy then direct and are actually pretty good price. cost of materials is probably similar
Wood stocks are likely all CNC with a little hand finishing, and the final finish usually spray lacquer.

The whole XTI50 was designed for practicality; every point adjustable to tailor it to the shooter. Field target is big in UK, so the demand is there vs NZ where its a hunting background. Synthetic definitely better suited to NZ paddock and bush
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That's a bit less shocking than 7000 for a stock.
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