Given a choice, i would choose wood. Laminate isn't too bad. The X7, and the Mountaineer stocks are kinda appealing to my eye. Synthetic just isn't my cup of tea. To me they serve no function. Some say the synthetic is best for hunting in poor weather. Some feel a properly bedded laminate is every bit as weather worthy. I am inclined to agree. Laminate stocks shouldn't warp in wet miserable cold weather. Wood stocks do warp some sometimes. I would rather all my rifles had pretty wood stocks.

The most accurate rifle in my house, has a synthetic stock. I would rather it had a pretty wood stock