RE: what do you think? stocks
Sorry but if you are going to do a lot of hunting in wet weather you may want to rethink the synthetic stock. I don' t like the looks of them either, I just don' t trust wood anymore, to much chance of point of impact shift in the field.
Some guys waterproof the ____ out of their wood stocks and free float the barrel and have no problems with wood however.
The laminates would be the compromise point I imagine. They usually weigh a little more than straight wood or synthetic, some of them look really nice however.
I don' t have one but hear they are much less likely to warp and swell than plain wood.