re: It's official: SBE 3

And that's good, my dove gun is a wood stock 870 wing master that's seen plenty of conditions and been rained on and never had an issue with it either.

Just you are in the minority of wanting a wood stock gun for duck hunting. Synthetic is lighter if you have to carry it some distance to a blind, can take a beating better, and requires less maintenance if you are around corrosive environments like salt water on the coast. I've been around a lot of different duck hunters and the only one that used a wood stock shotgun was me my first year when the only gun I had that would shoot 3 inch shells was my Ruger red label.