Fajen stocks in Missouri, I don't have the address but I believe Midway Shooters Supply purchased them. I have a couple and they are very good quality.
Good Hunting, "Z"
Posts: 352 | Location: Grand Island, NE. USA | Registered: 26 January 2001
Boyd's Gunstocks also have very good laminated stocks for the 700. They are located in Mitchell, South Dakota and their web site is www.boydboys.com. I have a couple of their laminated stocks and have been very pleased with them. I have one on order now.
Tom
Posts: 48 | Location: Sierra Vista, AZ | Registered: 24 August 2002
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I'm reasonably certain that Boyd's offers both fully finished "drop-in" stocks as well as a mostly finished stock. You could check the web site and it will tell you what all they have available.
Tom
Posts: 48 | Location: Sierra Vista, AZ | Registered: 24 August 2002
You can buy a Remington factory laminated stock directly from Remington. Current prices run between $241 to $247 plus shipping.
This is the link to the Remington on-line parts catalog for Model 700's. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader. Scroll down to page 4 of the print file and start looking for STK ASSEM and either LAM or LAMINATE.
boyds are $116 for finished and much less for the unfinished. For an additional $20, you can have them install the swivel studs, and include a "super-sling" with it.
They are ready for bolt-in when the arrive (finished) and come is several configurations as well as colors.
I have one on order as well. (JRS Classic)
Posts: 1496 | Location: behind the crosshairs | Registered: 01 August 2002
Does anyone have a Boyds? I just wondered if it is a true drop-in stock? I want one, but not if i have to sand and bed the thing just to get it to work. I guess my main concern is i wouldn't want my accuracy to drop just because i got a new stock that was not fit exactly perfect like a factory.
My gunsmith told me there may be a slight bit of removal, but nothing that a novice can't do. He told me they are soo much stronger than the standard wood stock, that they are almost like installing pillars in the original stock. He seemed to be impressed with them. I got the feeling it would be a no-brainer. Boyds told me that a magnum would require a "little" fitting, but the standard LA would go in nice and tight right from the jump. HTH
Posts: 1496 | Location: behind the crosshairs | Registered: 01 August 2002
One of our better local gunsmiths is nuts about Boyds stocks. He's been putting them on his own rifles and on customers rifles like crazy for the past couple of years. They can be just bolted on, but he does such an awesome glass bedding job that people are having him install them. They look good, fit most folks real well, and, at least when he's done with them, the rifles shoot great too. Regards, Guy
Posts: 327 | Location: Washington State, USA | Registered: 18 July 2002
The inletting of the unfinished Boyds JRS's I have used were nice snug drop in. However, I still glass bed them. I buy the unfinished ones because the JRS is too clubby for my tastes. The unfinished ones are drop-in inletted but need final sanding and finishing to complete. I shorten and slim down the forend, open up the pistol grip, reshape the cheekpiece to the English pancake style, lower the comb a bit, hollow out the butt, install a Decelerator pad, final sand and finish. It ends up weighing around 30 oz and fits me perfectly.
Posts: 354 | Location: Texas, USA | Registered: 11 February 2001
quote:Originally posted by Ed: I shorten and slim down the forend, open up the pistol grip, reshape the cheekpiece to the English pancake style, lower the comb a bit, hollow out the butt, install a Decelerator pad, final sand and finish. It ends up weighing around 30 oz and fits me perfectly.
Ed,
Can you post a picture? I am planning on doing much the same.
What is your preferred finish?
John
Posts: 1246 | Location: Northern Virginia, USA | Registered: 02 June 2001
Sorry, I am still in the stone age regarding photos and posting... I finish all of my stocks (laminated as well as solid) with Chem-Pak Pro-Custom Oil. See attached.
Another vote for the Boyd's stocks. I bought a JRS Classic Laminate for a 338 WM Savage and the fit was nearly perfect out of the box (excepting hogging out the barrel channel of course) and it looks great--I glassed it and it shoots wonderfully. Cheap too. FWIW
Posts: 767 | Location: Seeley Lake Montana | Registered: 17 April 2002
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