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On one of the forums we had a post asking the members to report any broken plastic shotgun parts.
There were a couple of Remington 870 magazine followers, several Mossberg safety switches, and ONE broken Remington plastic trigger group.
I personally saw it, and it was a case of a catastrophic blow that would have broken an aluminum guard.
The plastic guard was smashed out of shape badly enough that you couldn't quite get your finger into the guard, and had flexed partially back into shape.
It looks like the plastic guard as done by Remington is as durable and long lasting as the aluminum guard.
It has some advantages, including that it flexes and returns to shape instead of bending or breaking if struck a reasonable blow, it's self-lubricating, there's no finish to wear off and get ratty looking, and seems to be wearing just as good as the aluminum version.
It looks like replacement is one of those "just because" things instead of a valid benefit.
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