ORIGINAL: Gangly
Plastic and stainless....never want to have to worry about bangingwood around on rocks while climbing or worry about scratches, plus,
why pay a premium for high quality lumber if you are justgoing to tear it up. Like any sport, if you are worried about tearing or breaking equipment, your never going to be your best. Wood stocks are for shooting ranges
Actually on many of the rifles I've been looking at the wood is the same price or sometimes cheaper than the synthetic, especially if you are comparing stainless and synthetic to wood and blued barrels. (i.e. Browning A-Bolt Hunter Blue on Wood = $600; Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker = $750.)