my thoughts on it are...its nice...but not needed..but i would never go into the turkey woods with anything that shines or reflects light...my old gun was a mossberg 500 i painted the stock matte black and the metal is parkerized or something like it..and its a dull black...i never got busted....but its a bit nicer to have camo just knowing it will never distinguish that your not part of the woods if u look like a pile of leaves all over..my gun now has a como stock but the metal is flat black....