Stock opinions, please!

[Reemty J]

Josebigsky.....thank you, I would not have thought of that.....will check it out

 

[Reemty J]

Hey guys, do the Boyd stocks have an aluminum CNC piece glued in them that the action bolts too?? most of the composite stocks do.

 

[DSheetz]

The ones I have do not but they now have an aluminum pillar option offered when you set up the stock you want on their web site .

 

[Reemty J]

that would be the way to go I would think, how about you Dave, what say you??

 

[texagvet23]

I would go with the Bell and Carlson. We run the Weatherby style stock from them on all of our new rifles. Its the only way to go for me.

 

[DSheetz]

I like the Boyds stocks well and am a fan of pillar bedding any stock even the synthetic stocks except the ones that have the aluminum bedding blocks but they will also benefit from a good bedding job . It helps to keep the action bolts ( screws ) properly torqued as well as the action and barrel where they should be . That's just me because my rifles get used hard and sadly I abuse them by carrying them in the truck and field . They may go from below zero to 80 degrees F in an hour or less then back down to what the outside temp. is when they leave the truck . As we all know when you carry a rifle in a gun rack they take a lot of vibrations when driving and that in it's self is hard on every part of the rifle system . So with that in mind I myself would go the least expensive but most durable route . I have an over head rifle rack so they are out of sight and they stay in my truck not a rifle case so that I can get to them when needed .

 

[DSheetz]

Reemty , I put a Boyds At - 1 on a remington 308 a couple of years ago , I bought bottom metal from Red Hawk installed pillars in the stock and glass bedded the action full length worked up a load for it shot it a few times then gave it to my Grandson . I don't have any need for the plastic stocks and haven't since I first saw them on a Ruger M-77 years back . They have way too much give in them and you can't get bedding to adhere to them pluss they shrink or grow with temp. changes a lot .

 

[Dosh]

RJ, the Boyd's are very strong and heavier than the B&C. I've bedded over a dozen Boyd's which all very much needed it. Like the option of ordering pillars. My son and grandson both have rifles with Boyd's. Nice stocks and less $$$ than the B&C if you want frugality.

 

[243winchester]

Magpul pro series seems to be a nice option. My local Scheels had one that was a folder for $650 on clearance. It was tempting. but I did not have a rem sa at the time.