Sounds like your stock started out much the same as mine too:  My 24" cutdown sporter is wearing a Bishop stock as furniture.  It's a big ole hunk 'O wood too with the cheek pad and all.  It could probably stand to be thinned down some too.  I converted the old girl into a Bench Rest Cast Bullet rig, so that big stock isn't a problem.  However, I did used to hunt with it back when I first got it in the early 1980s.  It was a bit cumbersome as compared to a carbine or rifle.