Have to admit it, if it comes to a choice between any "composition" or "synthetic" stock materials and "plywood," I'll take the wood laminate EVERY time. Probably wouldn't if I was a sheep hunter or an infantryman, but I like the combination of wood look and feel AND the toughness! It just looks and feels better than ANY plastic to me.
(But then I was around when plywood was kinda a new "miracle material" and plywood planes and boats fought "the Big War"....).