You guys know more than me. I watched Bansner and his stock maker on the cable TV show "How it's made".

I bought (2) stocks, a 98 Mauser and a Rem 700 for $250 each, through Brownells and worked them with putty-cote and paint.

I got a Win M70 pre 64 bansner stock finished off 24HCF classified, for $400.

Brownells still has the blanks
http://www.brownells.com/manufacturers/HIGH%20TECH%20SPECIALTIES/index.htm

But I am so old, I don't think I have enough time left to be finishing stock blanks any more.

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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps