I get understanding the science, but most of us are just common men and it's turned into a mines better than yours contest boys. It's simple in my opinion, picking guns is like picking women there's no reason to justify why you would chase that one around the woods all day, shes just the one! Only difference is you wont get in "as much" trouble for having more than 1 gun!
My oldest sun rolled up to a corp dove hunt we had a slot open on it where all the boys were shooting high end expensive shotguns. He pulls out this old side by side 12 gauge looks like it had been behind the seat of a 1972 pickup since 1972 - one of the guys chuckled and said where you get that thing. Chuckles kinda ended when he said it was my grandfathers and I'm gonna kill a limit of dove with it, and I said he will do it faster than the majority of us here too! That's exactly what happened he was drinking a cold one an hour before sunset watching boys try to accomplish what he did with this old timer! LOL
I know one day my boys and grands will tote a firearm of mine in the woods and do something meaningful with it and it will be something they will remember, chances are it will not be built with a fiberglass stock. That's why i do what I do, one day memories will be all we have.
cheers;