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Got a matched pair of 30-06's in synthetic stock, thinking about adding some very nice wood stocks that match as well.

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I was at a gun show a couple weeks ago and a vendor had some gorgeous figured blanks for very reasonable prices. But there are some good vendors on line that sell wood and have good pictures of their wood to choose from. Also, I've bought several nice pieces the last couple years on ebay that are very nice.

I purchased a really nice piece of English from Dressel’s only to have the stock maker destroy it. Luckily he covered the cost and I picked up this piece of Turkish from Tsavo Custom, but I’m not sure Ebbie sells just wood blanks though. If you’re looking for a stock maker, I can’t say enough about the price and quality of Tsavo Custom.

That is a beautiful stock!

I have used Calico and Dressels a number of times each and both are very good people to deal with.

Cecil Fredi has a large selection of high end wood blanks. He’s in Vegas.

Roget Vardy also a good source

Had bad luck with ebay. Got $$ back but shipping was a bear. Issue was usually cracks. Stick with well referenced dealers.

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This guy sold me some beautiful Claro and Bastogne blanks a couple years ago but it looks like he is short of long-gun blanks at the moment.


https://woodnut.com/

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I've bought several from Roger Vardy. The money exchange rate from Oz is much in our favor and shipping ain't bad.
http://rogervardystockwood.com/

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Anyone buy a stock blank from Vardy in Australia lately?
Vardy lost his normal shipping options last(2022) year when I was trying to buy a blank , he quoted his normal $60.00-$70.00 shipping had gone to over $250.00 per blank . I haven’t had a shipping quote from him since then.
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I bought a blank from Roger Vardy in March of 2022. IIRC shipping was about $75.00. That may have been about the time all shipping costs went nuts!

I have abt 13K (OZ) in walnut from him over 3 decades. A good investment!

Claro and Bastogne blanks that were selling for $200 in the mid-90s are now going for $1000 and even more---and beautiful $200 Claro blanks were plentiful back then. I wish I had laid in a supply. A better investment than gold or silver?? Maybe!

This. I have bought many blanks from Cecil, only had one bad one (it had a worm hole in it ) and he replaced it no problem. Watts Walnut is also a good source

There are a few places online to buy stock blanks. Just depends on finishing costs really. I also saw a few really nice rough cut sticks on eBay some time ago. Just need sanding and checkering and would make a great rifle addition.