If you want to carve your own stock from a laminated blank, contact Boyd's. There's more to making a laminated blank than just gluing together a few walnut strips to get the full advantage of a laminated stock.
The wood used in laminated stocks are vacuum dried, then impregnated under heat & pressure with a resin to fill the pores through and through to stabilize the wood and seal it against moisture. It makes the stocks heavier than untreated walnut, but it's stronger, more stable and easier to machine.
Of course, the treatment of the wood isn't necessary but it is the best way to make a laminated stock.
There is a certain art and science to making a good rifle stock. Do research on stock inletting and bedding. Here's one website you might want to check out
http://benchrest.com/forum.php
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