After seing mine for the firs time i was abit dissapointed from the overal look!! The first gun with real wood that I've owned before the RS SVD is the Asahi WA2000 and from what I've read on the net I thought that's going to be equal or even better (The Asahi was made back in 1993). I haven't seen anything that matt and that black in my life not even when I was in the Army!! Comparing the color with a Classic Army M15 , that matt black seems..... poor!!! The woodn parts on the other hand beautifully crafted but they are sooo glossy and you have a gun with matt black metal parts and very gloss