like I said...works great for me! As for the stocks, I love wood but it really made the guns look cheap. Really like the synthetic for this kind of gun. I don' t have to worry about babying it as much as a wooden gun. The reviews are opinions of a few but I really think you should go feel them yourself...one man' s Marlin is another man' s Weatherby...are they readily available to you or do you have to order them? I scoured the net for reviews and pondered for days until I held them all in my hands and shouldered them, I made my mind up in 5 minutes. Funny how that works sometimes