I bought this rifle 25 yrs ago. I've hated the ugly wood since day one, but it's been a fine rifle in all other aspects. About a year ago, I finally decided to do something about the wood. I've been saving off cut scraps of curly Maple for awhile, but I didn't have any scraps big enough for the stock itself. I went to the lumber yard and picked out a curly maple 1x6, cut it in half and glued the halves together to get my thickness. I then epoxied in ringed brass pins in the places that would have screws trying to separate the two halves. Once that cured, I traced another stock onto my blank, did some adjusting on LOP and drop to fit me and cut it out and shaped it. Here's the original wood and the progress of the new stock.
