To me it isn't worth the time and hassle to call, complain, ship, wait, hope the replacement is better, then get what you get.

CSMC should sure know what a suitable wood upgrade amounts to by now. Clearly they sent Bruce Buck a stock upgrade he gushed about in his review of the gun in Shooting Sportsman. This ain't that....

I feel it is just as important to let potential customers who aren't professional reviewers know what they should expect in a wood upgrade from CSMC these days... not much (unless they complain).

Call me old fashioned... I expect a Made in America product which targets the upper end of the available market, and asks you to pay an additional premium to purchase it, to get their quality "upgrade" right the first time.