i say go thumbhole on the boyds stock a swell. i have the peper laminante on my mosin, changes it into a whole nother rifle in terms of performance. the recoil is evenly displaced along the stock
this is what my mosin looks like with nothing but the new boyds stock on it , not is it only functional, but very eye pleasing as well
EDIT(and get the extended recoil pad, they now offer, mine is a little to thin for my taste)