I have narrowed my search for a Mannlicher stock down to Richard's Microfit and Boyd's (at least Boyd's said they could do one). Anybody have any pros or cons for either of these companies.

yes, boyd's customer service leaves MUCH to be desired. I had trouble getting a garand stock set; I cannot begin to imagine what could happen in something more complicated.

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Originally posted by WVBlue:
I have narrowed my search for a Mannlicher stock down to Richard's Microfit and Boyd's (at least Boyd's said they could do one). Anybody have any pros or cons for either of these companies.

I have no experience with Microfit (even though I live about 15 minutes from their shop) but I have not had good experience with Boyd’s on the two occasions I used them.

One involved very loose and sloppy inletting on an M1A stock and the other involved a chunk of wood as big as my thumb flaked off of the toe area on a Remington 870 buttstock...under the plastic butt plate that they put on it for shipping. How the guy that screwed on the butt plate missed seeing it is beyond me. There was literally a half inch gap between the toe of the plate and the toe of the stock.

They replaced the stocks in both instances but it took numerous phone calls, being placed on hold for very long periods of time, and a month or so to get it done.

no experience with boyds, but microfit did OK by me a couple of times

Who own Boyd's? I ordered a finished stock and they sent one with no bolt cut-out and no cut-out for the bolt stop/release. Also, the action holes were misaligned in the stock and the tang was not floated like most factory Savages are. When I called them about it, it was mainly tough sh*t. I sent an email to them a couple of days ago with the attn. of the owner, but have received no response. By the way, there was no offer to replace the stock.