Might be a difference between being high tech and looking high tech. Maybe the ultra modern plastic rifle looks trendy, but in many instances is no more effective than the hundred year old sporting rifle.
The process to manufacture might be high tech, but plastic shaped like a rifle stock could be a similar tech as was used to make a fast food drinking cup. Those historic western adventurers that hunted in Africa and similar places could have sailed their local lake in a small dingy, but they probably felt like they were on the cutting edge when they could buy a commercial ticket to sail half way around the world.
