I've been buying classic rifles for years and have only one synthetic stocked rifle in the vault (a SAKO L61R .270 that I put a McMillan stock on about 30 years ago because at the time it was my only big game rifle and I didn't like how beat up the walnut stock was becoming). My two primary big game rifles are a 1950s Savage 99 in .300 Savage and a Remington Model 725 (which I still think is the handsomest factory production rifle Remington ever made) in .280. I have one stainless steel rifle (a Ruger No. 1 in .223). All of my .22s and all of my shotguns are blued steel and walnut.
There's a utility to plastic and stainless, but I hunt for pleasure and to be outdoors and part of the pleasure is having something that gives me a warm feeling when I look at it. Stainless and plastic just don't do that for me.
