I favor my Stainless/ synthetic over any of my wood stock guns. They really take a beating. The last thing I want to worry about in the field is my stock.
There is one critical thing I look for with any synthetic stock, NOISE .
Hold the rifle by the forearm and tap the cheek area with your finger nails. Then rake them over the stock. If it sounds dead it wont give you away as readily as one that sounds like a instument.

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