If you go with the pro varmint, I suggest you go with the laminate, instead of the painted black plywood. I have pot for new Pro Varmint stocks, and I love them. The laminate colored stocks are harder and more durable because they are impregnated with epoxy. As for the shipping issue, I have ordered 3 in the last six months, and they've all come to me a little later but they still came.