I have a Springfield Barreled action I bought from my metal shop teacher about 15 years ago.
I wanted to turn it into a Springfield Sporter and got a decent stock for it. It fit fine but I didn't like the look of it and I decided I actually wanted a Springfield NRA Sporter instead. However I searched for years for a stock, bought one from an outfit in MO and it was trash and went back where it came from.
The gun sat in my shop safe for years.
Recently one came up on Ebay and it was a real live NRA Sporter Stock duplicated off a Real LIVE NRA Sporter Stock! The wood was nice and had some figure in it but it was gone. I called the guy in Oregon who made it. "Murray's Gunstocks," and talked him into making another one for me.
It arrived and I was not disappointed. There was minor fitting to get the action into the stock, mostly at the Recoil Lug. I still have to do some more massaging on it to get it to where I want it and then it gets finished.
I had bought the correct buttplate and barrel band for it some time back and I still need a proper Front Sling Swivel and Recoil Reinforcement Studs to complete the hardware.
This will be a "Replica NRA Sporter" because my barreled action is a A3-O3. I have already mounted a Lyman #48 Receiver Sight and have a Lyman 17A front sight on it. It also has a Timney Trigger. The Barreled action was purchased by my friend in 1965 from the DCM for $15. I gave him $150 for it and it has a brand new never fired two groove barrel.
The Left side of the stock ahs some pretty good grain going on which I will enhance slightly. The Right side is kind of bland but has some decent Fiddleback on it and it will get some "enhancement" as well. Sharpies are a wonderful thing and when used judiciously,,, totally undetectable. Looks like it came that way.
This is a spare time project which will move along fairly quickly as I really want to shoot it.
Randy