Chris D: Yep, I've seen some of those stocks too, and they be funky. However, that being said, I have had the absolute priviledge of watching a couple of young gals practice for smallbore competition using some incredibly rakish 22lr target rifles, complete with custom colored stocks, designs and personal logos, and with the way these young gals can shoot and with the way they enjoy their 2nd Amendment rights, I feel that is just fine.
A couple of years ago I worked with a gal whose husband had her carry piece customized. She is a pretty gal of Philipine orgin, short slim build and cute as the dickens, until she produces her frosted pink Beretta M34 and centers the entire mag on a silhouette target at 10 yds. Then she is all business. I never laughed, not even once. Later on she tired of the frosted pink and her hubby sent the piece back for a frosted blue finish and it, and she, still shoot just as well and nobody at the range laughs, not even one bit. I guess this all goes back to the old addage that it ain't whatcha got, it's how you use it. Mikey.