I will have a gunsmith or manufacture install the barrel and true the action. I want a walnut stock and plan to perchase a semi- inlet and finish from there. I have some basic knowledge of the process of beading and installing pillars, but wint attempt the important stuff. This way the stock should be the weakest link and I can always burn it it the fireplace to hide the evidence of my failure......then order a McMillan
Too funny! Love your attitude!
My very first attempt at custom building was a plain walnut stock I refinished 60 years ago. I did a few more after that for friends.
A few years later, I handcarved a stock based on a beautiful walnut blank. It was ok, but I wasn't happy with it. So I learned from my mistakes and carved another one out of a drop dead gorgeous piece of Claro walnut. This one was MUCH better!
I got rid of the first one. However, the fancy wood on the second one kept moving on me.4 I tried pillars and glass bedding. Much better but still needed rebedding every few years. Eventually I milled out the receiver area using a plain old drill press and epoxied in an aluminium bedding block. That did the trick. Some time after that I had Ed Shilen install a barrel on it for me. He did the smithing himself. I still have it and it still shoots flies. My kids fight over who will get that rifle when God calls me.
Enjoy playing with your toys. Life is short.