I did pick up up a very nice stock blank (cheap from the discard bin) that later decorated my first "custom" rifle.
My first DIY custom stock job was a French Walnut semi-inletted blank from Herters for a surplus Springfield that I later rebarreled with a McGowen SS. This barrel is med heavy and chambered in .270, my only rifle for that round. I fit and glass bedded the stock, trimmed it down from its original configuration, finished it and checkered it, skip a line, with tools I bought. The gun is a bit crude compared to my later work and is way too heavy. I guess we learn as we go. The old gun has a Timney trigger and is pretty accurate.
DF
