Griz; I gather you don't want any checkering at all, if so a fix is almost impossible. If I had this dilemma I would tape off the checkering along the borders and cover the rest of the stock with masking tape. Get some good paint remover and clean up the checkering to bare wood. Get some bedding compound & dye to a color same as the stock or close and fill the checkering flush, sand smooth, rechecker, dye and finish the area the same color as the bedding. It may be darker but the previous job will go away - plan B - find / make another stock. You can try the fix and then make up your mind as to a replacement. --- John Can.
