Hmm, deja vu.........
Rimfire, I have a stainless Ruger 10-22 with a Hogue overmolded stock that's pretty all weather, all condition and is my choice for a knock round .22. My stainless M7 Remington with polymer stock is one tough hunting rifle. The Weaver 2x10x40 is rugged and it has Butler and Creek flip open scope covers for those rainy days. I also have a Norinco SKS, actually two of 'em, one's scoped, one's not. They both have polymer, but frankly, the wood wasn't anything I'd have worried about, LOL. Those are tough, have to be in the jungles for warfare. But, my M7 gets hunted with for 99 percent of my big game hunting. You can't beat stainless for tough all weather use.
I don't own anything really fancy, either, but I like to protect my blued, wood stock guns from anything really nasty. I have a camo/plastic Mossberg 12 gauge pump for salt marsh duck hunting duty, for instance. It's still in decent shape after 20 years of tough use. Doves, I'll use either my side by sides or usually my Wood and blued Winchester automatic. Dove hunting isn't tough on a shotgun like ducks in the salt marsh or bay is.