Ordered a new boyds stock

Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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for my Ruger American rimfire. I can not stand the plastic it has on it.

I went with the Rimfire Hunter in a shady camo. There is not a whole lot out there about this rifle and a boyds stock. Everyone seems to want the chassis stock on everything nowadays. Thinking I might have to get a cheek riser. Depends on how it sits in the stock.

I have had several boyds. They have all been very well made. This has to be #7 or #8. Will see how long it takes to get it. They show a 7-10 day production time as they don't stock many of them anymore.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
I've used a few on Mausers and used to get the unfinished, plain walnut for just under a hundred bucks. They always had enough "meat" on them to do some paring and lightening. Always a decent stock for me.
 
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david s

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Along the way I've picked up a pair of Boyds stocks both for the CZ 527 Varmint barreled rifles. The blue/grey At-One stock is on a 204 Ruger. Its scope sits in tall rings because the scopes' objective hits the barrel with any shorter height rings, and I needed a bit taller comb for any hope of a cheek weld. When looking for the 204 Ruger stock Boyds had an over run or returned red/grey left-handed thumbhole stock for a right-hand stock in their quick sale section, so I picked that one up also. It's on a 17 Remington 527 CZ. For the money they make a nice stock, all they needed was a little inletting clean up, these two were bedded in hot melt glue as a temporary measure that's now about a decade old.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
I've only used the sporter type and slimmed and lightened them considerably. Bedding was a given, just because it's easy enough to do to get a perfect stock to action fit.

09 Argentine in 6.5x55. First three shots at a hundred yards from a 21" Adams & Bennett barrel were three 160 grain Sierra "RNs" over 40 or 42 grains of IMR 4350 made a single hole that looked like a scrunched clover-leaf. I'd say the stock was doing its job.

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CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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I have had a few. Some good two very good three bad one... aweful.

AT-one bought and promptly returned. Trash just trash... Its unfinished squared cut corners junk. Spun up as stylish and people buy it! I bought a spike came, cause it was cheapest a d at that time I had a good report with Boyds. The SC was a test bed and guess it sold well cause they released the AT-one and its ilk. Quick and easy to manufacture with blocky square corners almost total lack of smooth contours.

I re worked mine to be acceptable.

Then I bought a Pro Varmint stock. Fit well enough. Was nicer contoured but heavy. But I guess thats design. Month after mounting forstock warped into barrel. Inspection showed inletting was not sealed. I was able to "fix" but was left with very large wood to barrel gaps. Re sealed and contoured to my hands and now I like the stock allot.

I bought two since that I have been completely satisfied with. The Heritage and Prairie Hunter.

I hope yours is a good one Tomme!

CW
 
Uncle Grinch

Uncle Grinch

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When building an iron sight Mauser, I bought the Prairie Hunter and ran it through my table saw to remove the hump on the butt end. It gave me enough drop to see my receiver sight and also gave it a nice Euro Sporter look.
 
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JonB

JonB

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I've only bought one. For my Savage Axis 243 that came with a flexible plastic stock, of course it was a Cabelas sale gun ($219). The Stock from Boyds was a blem, fully inletted, marked down to $99. At first, I had a difficult time mounting it to the receiver, but when push came to shove, I whacked that thing into place with an audible click.


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Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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The best laminate I have had was a Fajen for a heavy barreled Mauser. It was a very nicely finished stock. The Varmint A5 style stock I have on my Savage is very well made. It is a Boyds. It was the first one I have had that was not the normal brown laminate. It is the Royal Jacaranda.

I don't know if any of you have one of these Rimfire Rugers or not, but Ruger should be ashamed of using them. The buttpad is plastic. And it is as smooth as the rest of the stock. I actually did not like shooting the gun because of the feel of it and it slipping around on your shoulder.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Tomme boy said:
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I don't know if any of you have one of these Rimfire Rugers or not, but Ruger should be ashamed of using them. The buttpad is plastic. And it is as smooth as the rest of the stock. I actually did not like shooting the gun because of the feel of it and it slipping around on your shoulder.
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No, but I had a 77/357 with a synthetic stock and they should have been ashamed of that one too. The left side of the barrel channel pushed against the barrel, so I relieved it a bit. All good... until it wasn't. The stock eventually creeped to the right again and started pushing on the barrel again. Relieved it again,.. rinse, lather repeat, four times.

As long as the barrel wasn't touching, shot OK. When the barrel creeped over and touched, it shot miserably. Waste of money. Sell me a barreled action but don't sell me one of those again.
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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Go shipping info today. Looks like Friday it will be here. Have not decided if I am going to epoxy bed it or not. Things got some weird bedding block that have to be taken out of the factory stock and put in the new stock.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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JB Weld will work fine. You're just attaching the bimetal bedding blocks into the stock. I have use it more then a few times.
 
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CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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The problem with most epoxies is altho they are strong, they can lack the rigidity of and that good solid bedding needs to be.

It also runs oozes and flows away from where it needs to be for bedding.
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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Not when you add other stuff to it. That marine tex is epoxy. It has had some type of thickener added to it. I use the ground fiberglass ad it is as hard as a rock when cured. I have chopped 1/4" fiberglass, wood flour in 3 colors, micro ballons, graphite.

Here is where I got my stuff and what they sell.

West System BrandFillers

Wholesale/retail sales of composite and fiberglass materials, including epoxy, adhesives, carbon fibers, urethane foam, urethane casting rubbers
www.uscomposites.com

You can mix it to whatever consistency you want. The one trick you can use to make sure it works best is to brush a coat on the wood that is straight epoxy or thinned epoxy. Also, did you know that fiberglass resin does not penetrate into wood unless you thin it. It uses the contact surface as a means to hold onto. While epoxy actually will soak into the wood.

And this is the reason that fiberglass delaminates from wood.
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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Got the stock installed and took it out shooting. Much better except for the gun is having a problem extracting the spent case. I have less than 250 rds on the gun. I took it home and scrubbed the chamber with a 243 brush. Will try to take it out this week to try again.

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Rick H

Rick H

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It might just be camera angle, but: Are you sure your bolt is camming all the way closed? The picture makes it appear to be only partially rotated. Might be the answer to the extraction issue.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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Your resourceful, I know you will have it straight shortly. :p :p;)

Is that the Burris scope ya was telling me about? What is it again?

Stock color Looks good too.

I have a 22 Magnum RA thats a good shooter. I could kick my Smith tho. This gun shot under 1" almost bug holes, with Hornady red tips and Remington premiere ammo all thru my home barrel prune and crown.

I brought it to him to have him thread the muzzle.
He, IMMEDIATELY upon looking at the muzzle, said and"I'll pretty up that awful muzzle". I SAID CLEARLY NO NO!!! I even WROTE ON ORDER, DO NOT RE CROWN my barrel!!!!

I just KNEW he was going to do it anyhow... and HE DID! Yea, its pretty now and not sq/flat. But mow it wont shoot bug holes. Its just like my Anshutz, Bruno and Savage Chuckster. 1-1.25" groups. I coulda slapped the back of his head. (RIP JODY) He is very busy and wanted to do nice for me. Forgot and didnt read order as it was a thread job. Natural to face off square ta start threads...

Anyhow, been pondering a nicer stock for it. I put one on my Savage 22 mag auto couple years ago and really like that one.

CW
 
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