Looking to stock a pair of 30-06 rifles that Gene Simillion made for me. Currently in synthetic stocks.

Thanks for any ideas you can provide.

Roger Vardy has lots of really nice matched pairs.
Cheers.

I would also try Steve Heilman in Grass Valley, California.

I got lucky at member Chris's URL. www.walnutgrovegunstocks.com. Somewhere here I show them.

You probably already know this, but your best bet are what they call bookends. Make the center (up and down/left to right) cuts and take the opposing sides of the blade cut. There will be two sets, just above and below the horizontal cut. You can get a really nice pair that way.

Chris gets a lot of old growth Walnut out of California and Oregon. Having your own semi to just buy and load up helps.

Just purchased a blank from Roger Vardy and will second Metal's recommendation. Right now the exchange rates are in your favor...

Cecil Fredi has around 35K (35 thousand) gun stock blanks to choose from here in Las Vegas. All of my custom rifles have been re-stocked from blanks that he had. It is such a pleasure to go to his warehouse and pick out blanks for rifles! All types, and prices vary depending on the type and grade of wood that you choose. I have some rifles that are matched pairs of gunstock blanks. He has Claro, Bastogne, English Walnut, Fiddleback, Burl, Maple, Myrtlewood and Walnut Burl. He is on the Internet, and has been doing this for over 40 years. Just Google him up, or call him at 702-382-8470. Gives you a nice excuse to come over to Vegas for the weekend.

I second the recommendation for Cecil. I have a couple of english walnut stocks from his wood. They are outstanding and very reasonably priced. Easy guy to work with.

Roger Vardy

Fethettin Genc of Gencoglu Gunstocks in turkey: gencoglu.13@hotmail.com He supplies to all of the Brits and to several US stockmakers as well.

So does Roger Vardy.

I bought two very nice English walnut blanks from Cecil Fredi in the pre internet days.
He asked what I wanted, and how much I wanted to spend. I sent him money and he shipped me the blanks. That turned out real well.
Being able to see pics on the internet is a huge step forward.
I sure would go back to him, if I needed more stock blanks.

df06

Does he (Cecil) allow you to walk around the warehouse and look at the wood, or do you just tell him a price range and he brings wood out for you to look at?

I was recently in Las Vegas and went to Cecil's warehouse. He has thousands of blanks. I told him what kind of wood I wanted and he steered me to that section. You can go as low or as high as your budget allows.

I found some really nice blanks for good prices. If you are in Vegas, go to his warehouse.