In regard to your stock, I hear there is a stockmaker near Ballarat in Victoria who has a machine that can copy the shape of old stocks - maybe this could reduce the price a little.

I don't know him and I'm not sure how to contact him but the name I think is

K. Wright Gunstocks (and his address might be)
1 Webbs Hill Road
Buninyong,
Vic.
Australia

I found a possible ph number in Telstra White Pages near there (with country code): 61 3 5341 8148.

Good luck
- Paul