It depends. Which is more important to YOU? Composite stocks will never warp, don't have to worry about scratching them, won't split out or crack, and temp/humidity/elevation/weather will never make a composite warp. Now walnut stocks are SOOOOO much prettier than composite stocks, have a rich warm feel, and is generally preferable if you KNOW you're never going to hunt in seriously nasty weather. Having said that, at my age & disability, I figure i'm never going to be in bad weather to begin with, and I go plumb discombudglated over extremely fancy walnut, and I make SURE my wood stocks are sealed many times over what's needed on outside, inside (inletted area), I glass a aluminum block in when I glass bed them so thet cannot warp. Do YOU want something to just grab at any time, and stand up to extreme punishment, or do you want to have more pride in ownership with a stock with dazzling figure, but will scratch up during use