I was hoping this was going to be one of those " which action types do you like" threads, oh well.

It really depends, all of my primaries (my first selection for the year for each hunt) are blued/wood (usually walnut), but almost all of my backups are synthetic stocks, in either stainless or blued (depending on the action types, I don' t have a stainless SKS or H&R, but I' ve got syn on them.) Most of my hunting rifles and my shotguns are blued/walnut, while almost all of my handguns are stainless/wood or syn. even matching there. Anything that I consider a serious shooter, however, is stainless/synthetic, as wood sucks for accurizing, and stainless is just so pretty when it' s fluted and an inch and a quarter thick, as are my " gluttons for punishment" , those savages (that' s kind of a pun, since they are rather uncivilized, and are Savages, sorry) that " like" going out in the rain and snow and mud and muck because my others don' t want to. When I really think about it, I prefer blued/walnut for cosmetics, but for maintenance and peace of mind, s/s is much nicer...most of what I' ve bought more recently has been s/s, while almost all of my good ol' stand bys are b/w' s.