I get why some people don't love wood grips. You might change your mind, though, once you've experienced how great they feel in hand.
Here is a photo of the sanding I did on the base plate. I recently got a CZ Shadow 2 Kadet kit that needed sanding of the plastic front piece to properly fit. After sanding and rinsing the Kadet, the color of the plastic was the same and you couldn't even tell I sanded it. Unfortunately, that did not happen with the base plate. The color is duller and the change in surface texture is noticeable but now it drops free.
