I shouldn't think a skeleton buttplate would suffer any damage in a wooden gun rack. I've owned a number of Parker Repros with skeleton butts, which I think look classy, and never noticed any damage from leaving them in the rack at the clubhouse. You go to a sxs shoot, you'll see guns far more expensive than Repros, but I think the back end of the Repros looks as nice as any of them. And custom skeletons, per the above, can be even nicer.