The 2nd stock, pictured above from prestigiouswoodstocks.com already has grasping grooves. I just need to clean them up now the I have the rest of the stock sanded. The first stock I described has tiny dimples at the start and stop. One of these days I'll gut the grasping grooves in it. The rear band fit as I mentioned is unfixably sloppy. If I get another cheap action I may just fix up a shooter and sell it.
Doco, brownells finally got back to me after losing your gift card. I forwarded it to you the other week. Merry late Christmas, and thanks again for the use of your tools on this project.