while wood laminates have been available for many years on the custom market (and, in subdued form, in some military rifles), in 1987 rutland plywood, a maker of wood laminates, convinced sturm, ruger, savage arms, and u.s. repeating arms company (winchester) to display some laminate stocks on their rifles in a green, brown and black pattern (often called "camo"). the response was overwhelming, and that marked the beginning of laminated stocks on production rifles.