I purchased a blank from Dressels last year, with the intention of making up a pattern stock to send to them to get duplicated, then sending the roughed stock to a 'smith to get finished and checkered, then to have it sent over to me here in Italy.
Now I don't forsee having the time to do this project, and would like to know who would be the best person to have make the stock from my blank might be, in a short time and for a reasonable cost.
Obviously I the rifle is here and I won't be able to send it, but minor fitting issues are not a problem at all, I can do that myself.

If anyone can suggest the right man for the job I would be gratful.
Thankyou.

Some very good longarms are stocked in Italy. Is there some reason why an Italian stocker couldn't do the work?

It's actually been hard to find someone who will do the job here, other than that there is no good reason to have it done in either countrly, but the blank is currently in the US.

Any diea of who much they should charge in the US for a finished and checkered stock, if you provide the timber?

I just got off the phone with a company that said they tend to run $1000 - $1500.

Is that a reasonable price?

Take a look at this post.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...9411043/m/6951078401

James Anderson can make a stock for you from the blank. You would have to ask him how much he charges for that work.

$1000-$1500 for the stock work is on the low end of the price scale. Average is probably $2,500-$3,500 with some of the really well known guys getting a bit more to do the work.

www.hunterbid.com has stockmakers listed

I am currently contracting with Macon Gunstocks of Warsaw, MO to do my blank cutting and contouring. Their web site is:
http://macongunstocks.net/
I will be having Clint Meier of CGM Gunstock Checkering do my finish work.
http://www.cgm-gunstockcheckering.com/frame.htm
These two folks are top shelf.
I had checked out a place in California and was totally turned off when I saw that their company showed pictures of a stock correlated to model rifle that was evidently incorrect.
IMHO, if a company's own information has errors, you are best to not trust them with a valued asset.

You can also check out the Gun Stocks and Grips Society:
http://www.huntingsociety.org/gunstocks.html

IMHO, I cannot imagine any quality gunstock guru who would finish a stock without the barreled action in hand. It just seems backwards to getting the right wood to metal fit.