One of the first things that I did when I bought my .300 Weatherby Vanguard was to replace the factory wood stock with AA Fancy Claro Walnut from Richards. This is not a project for everyone, but it was not the first stock that I have built.
The stock that I got from Richards was semi-inleted, so I finished inleted it, then I pillar and glass bedded the action, glass bedded then free floated the barrel channel, installed an Edwards recoil reducer in the stock, and fitted a Limbsaver recoil pad on it. I then finished the stock with about 10 coats of hand rubbed Tru-oil, and I hand checkered the stock with my favorite multi-panel wrap around pattern.