any of you have experience with the hogue rubber over molded stock I would like your comments if possi ble thank you Michel.... this stock will be for a ruger frontier in .358 win.

any of you have experience with the hogue rubber over molded stock I would like your comments if possi ble thank you Michel.... this stock will be for a ruger frontier in .358 win.

They work OK. Some like them, some don't. I've had a couple, my only complaint is they are really hard to keep clean. The soft rubber overmolding feels nice, but will pick up any dirt/grime from your hands, clothes, and anything else. Just a minor annoyance; rubber overmolding is showing up in a number of new cars and trucks as well, with the same issues.

Bought one foir a Ruger 10/22 a few years back and the fit was fine. Found I really didn't like the lightness of it and the carbon fiber barrel purchased at the same time, so sold both the stock and barrel to a fellow shooter (who loves it) and went back to the wooden stock and factory barrel.

As mentioned, they are a great lint and dust collector. A damp towel cleaned the stock up farily well.

I think I'd prefer a H S Precision stock myself. That aluminum pillar bedding is great.

RJ

I never much cared for their looks, so never got one. But last fall I bought a Mauser 35 Whelen with a Hogue stock, and it feels great. I'm impressed with it.

Well I'm going to throw in a little bias here. Any of the injection molded stocks seem to be extremely flexible. I haven't seen any that you couldn't just wiggle the forearm around. I've had a couple of Remingtons and my hunting partners Savage that way.

Hogue's may be a bit stiffer, but there also comes a problem when you try to glasbed them. The plastic composition does not adhere well to glass bedding materials and with the large cast in holes in the forearms bedding that portion is a job. Combine that with having to work in physical locks to keep the bedding material in place makes for a hard job. Some folks have taken to placing pieces of fishing rod in the forearms to stiffen them up.

Bottom line is if you can afford to do so a layed up glass stock would be my first choice for a synthetic stock. I know the prices of the injection molded stocks is a big factory in buying one, but those are my experiences.