Ah shucks. The Ruger factory wood is nowhere near as special as that on gunner500's Magnificent Mauser. All the other Marvelous .400 Whelen rifles showing off here have synthetic stocks. I am going to save my walnut for Sunday-go-to-meeting, and just put mine into a B&C Medalist, easy-peasy, no barrel lug required, no matter for lack of visible cross bolts to replace the hidden ones for show. Just need to sand out the B&C barrel channel to fit the No.5 sporter.
I wouldn’t mind a nice walnut stock but their is some beauty in functionality also.
