If you want a hunting rifle, synthetic, prferrbly the McMillan fiberglass. If you want looks, go with fine wood, but it will not be one you want to beat up and scrath up in the woods either, just for looks. Glass is not altered by the weather as woiod is, will hold a zero regardless. Wood swells and warps, don't care what kind of wood it is and zero changes. Laminated woods stocks are stronger than other wood stocks