They are- for the newer guys- who also like synthetic stocked shotguns and all the Mojo working decoys. For us old farts (I'm 75) walnut stocks on Model 12's well-worn but as reliable as a friend's handshake on a deal, and older "broken in stuff" w/o the new from Mack's PW retail outlet shine- suits us right down to the ground. The Zink instructional tapes are first class- actual field sounds from geese- can't do much better than that.

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..