Does a stock 'makeover' make sense?

[oneb]

I have a Whitworth rifle with a wood stock that has nice figure and some man-made -- probably factory -- eye sores. Stamped chechering -- brrrr!--, whitle spacers -- double brrrr, and a finish that is too glare-y for my tastes.

Is there anyone around who would undo these problems -- give it serviceable hand-chekering -- no fleur de lis or anything; replace the ebony fore end and pistol grip gaps w/o a spacer; and then leave the stock un-finshed so that I could do a hand-rubbed finish myself?

What would it cost?

Thanks,
1B

[gunnut69]

How about cutting out the pressed checkering?  It's possible to do and stripping/sanding is also not a big deal.  Removing the tip and cap and replacing wouldn't be too bad but is a bit of a pain..  Would you want to try some of these yourself or just have them done?  PM me online if you need some of this done.. or you can email at..

iamgunnut69@tahoo.com

If you'd like I could help you through the tecknique..  It's not really all that hard..