DD I have one in a synthetic stockI bought about 5 years ago when I first started to hunt South NY/ Ohio. It is light and the action is somewhat noisy but it shoots like a rifle. I was going to go with Rem or Winchester but the Ithica is one of the few shotguns that the scope bolts to the receiver rather than a cantilever assembly. Over time the accuracy will pay a dividend with that choice. Nice cheap rifled barrel shotgun.