Could soneone give me a ball park cost to have a rifle stock checkered.

Chuck,
There are checkering specialists like Pat Taylor, Kathy Forster, and Bernadette Duckette who do nothing else. A simple patter will cost you around $250 and inticate ones can go much higher.

I haven't used this service yet, but gunstocks.com will do a 22lpi, SIMPLE for $125

jeffe