I originally was looking at sythetic stocked rifles for weather protection. The last deer hunt I went on in Maine it rained for a week straight and the only rifle I had with me was a Pre-64 M70 featherweight that I inherited. I'm not into safe queen rifles or anything but I was not to thrilled with getting my rifle soaked everyday for a solid week and worrying about warping the wood stock.
Having now seen some nice laminated stocks the thought of a plastic stock got put on the back burner.
I will need to find a store with an LSS in stock and see how it feels after hearing from some forum members that they were not happy with the balance.
