Re: hogue overmold stock?
A big part of the problem is that 95% of the fellows that I hunt or shoot with have never shot any platform except the factory one.
They rely on the factory set-up, they have never taken a factory stock off, or attempted to change stocks.
They believe if Remington sends any model rifle with a Hogue, or Rem.factory stock, who the hell are they to question the factory.
Then they meet individuals such as us here on the hide or similiar sites, who routinely diassemble weapons, modify, add or remove parts, espeacially the Hogue, and all of a sudden the damn rifle's accuracy dramatically improves, they tell everyone of their fellow hunter's/shooter's "man this guy really knows a lot about guns, call him"
They would never spend any more money on a replacement stock, so I have begun to modify some Hogue's.
Wouldn't use one, for the same reason's you won't, but the other 95% I mentioned, they trust the factory to sell them "a kick ass super duper delux rifle, theirs is the best right out of the box accurate." say it ain't so JOE
It just ain't so!