I am looking at rebuilding my Stevens 200 (currently in 25-06). I want to build a "legacy" rifle to hand down the generations, so I am thinking some really nice wood! I want some nice wood they will want to hold on to, but I can’t drop many thousands for custom, hand fitted stock! I want to do a hand rubbed finish, but I need the inlet to be very close! I know Boyds has some nice XX Maple that would be my first choice, (as of right now)! (I have used Boyd’s before and I have always thought they do good work!) I would have to open the barrel channel to allow room for a light varmint/heavy field weight barrel. Is there a stock manufacturer that I should look at, other than Boyd's for really nice wood?

Any pics of your builds on Maple would be helpful as well. I'm still working out the chambering, etc. I have to start somewhere, so I am choosing to look at the stock. The chambering will with the same bolt head, but I'll tackle that down the road.


Thanks for the help, in advance!