I bought an unfinished Richard's laminate stock just over a year ago for a friend's Sako. I pillar bed and glass bedded the action, free floated the entire barrel, and bedded the barrel channel. I don't do this for a living, and while it took more time than a gunsmith, it isn't difficult. I finished all the work for the barreled action and shot it for extremely good groups before shaping and finishing the outside of the stock.