I know of a couple of American smiths that do a good job of it. James Flynn chequered a Mauser .404 for a friend that was exceptionally well done. He also got a bid from Duane Wiebe, who also does an outstanding job of the British style. Both bids came in at the same price. I won't say how much it was, but the chequering alone ran into four digits. Here's a .500 Jeffery that Duane did. Scroll down 3/4s of the page:
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=67752&an=0&page=4#Post67752
