I ain't going to pretend I am a gun smith, or any kind of hot dog. Just an old fart that enjoys guns.
The thing about pimping up a rifle is this-You will not get much additional money if you sell it. So for me, it is the pleasure of doing something for myself, that makes me happy.
If you want to improve how your rifle shoots, would an after market trigger be useful? Is the bore in good condition and is the throat ok? What does the bluing look like? Glass work good?
The stock is personal preferance. I just put a Duramax on my old savage 12 and it feels and handles so much different, it made me like the gun a whole lot more, and I got the Advantage Camo, which is kind of gaudy. It shoots good, so $300 more for a stock would have been a waste---for me.
I am doing a laminate stock for my 270. It has been a time consuming project and is a whole lot more complicated than buying a stock and fitting it to the rifle and torquing the screws. Again, what do YOU want to do?
