ORIGINAL: MLKeith
Personally the thumbhole does not feel right for me to carry especially for hunting. I sort of see the thumbhole as a target stock not a hunting stock. I'm sure you will get other opinions but that is mine. Most thumbhole stocks are wood and I also prefer the synthetic stocks for hunting rifles as they tend to change shape less than wood unless the wood is really expensive and well made (like the laminated ones that T/C uses).
I have to agree with MLKeith on this one. If the rifle was for the reason of hunting then I would go with a good compostite standard stock. If target shooting was what I was onto then the thumbhole model might be a better choice.
Go somewhere and handle both. See how comfortable it is to grab a thumbhole stock (cold climates with gloves mind you) and from a port arms pull that fast to your shoulder? The thumbhole to me is another distraction. I only shot a thumbhole model a couple times and really saw no advantage to them.
Practice more on cheek and grip placement on the standard stock and you can target shoot with the best of them.