I have seen some muzzleloaders of today that are of low quality and also have seen some of good. And of course your going to get different opinions about what high quality and good craftsmanship is. The mentality of today is what I like to call the "throw away" mentality. Most people would rather get something cheap and then just throw it away so to speak and get another one. Personally I would rather have a fine product that will last and I'm willing to pay more for it because if I feel that it is junk I'm not going to keep it and more than likely not going to buy it. Now I will say that I like the synthetic stocks better than wood. A good synthetic stock if you know what I mean, not a stock that feels like it will break in my hand and feels like a toy, but I'm sure some of you probably think that all synthetic stocks feel that way. I just feel that there is a difference in some plastic stocks vs others.