buckstix-
Here are a couple of images and references that may be helpful if you weren't already aware of them.

This photo, of Nils Hultgren at work carving a Winslow stock, is from an article on Winslow rifles from Gun World of 50 years ago.

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The next photo of a Weatherby was published 31 years ago. The stock appears very similar to yours, with screwbean mesquite wood obviously carved by Hultgren.

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--Bob

Last edited by BullShooter; 01/25/14.