Anyone out there use the Boyd's walnut stocks?
What do you think of them and did you do any upgrades? Do you think the upgrades are worth doing? Thank you for your opinions.
Pegleg

I used a boyd's laminated stock for a client last year and was severely underwhelmed. Inletting was the worst I have ever seen. I would not buy anything from them again unless there were just no other options.

i have only used one walnut one. it was brought to me by a client to inlet his metal work. it wasn't all that bad but the wood was very plain although nice colored.

i've come to the conclusion that all of the makers of supplied wood stocks have problems and it is a crap shoot. if it is a true drop in you have gaps to deal with. if it is semi inletted it will be anything from very roughed out to almost done. a constant is that all of the fancy wood is over graded for what you get.

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Originally posted by Marc_Stokeld:
I used a boyd's laminated stock for a client last year and was severely underwhelmed. Inletting was the worst I have ever seen. I would not buy anything from them again unless there were just no other options.

I must have gotten lucky. I recently used one of their "VIP" laminates for a MK X Mauser and it was damn near a drop in with very close inletting.

I have bought two of there stocks in both cases the barrel channel was crooked and inletting was poor. They would not replace them, after two chances I will not buy from them again.

Have built out 4 Boyds when they first came out with the 'JRS' style. Three Win Mdl 70's and one Rem 700. Easy fit with little work required on inletting. My only problem with them was in the finishing. Since the laminates are birch and the resin is HARD I had a bad time sanding them out. Only other laminates I've built were 2 Mdl 70's on David Miller/Curt Crum semi inlets. Fit was in both cases almost perfect except I lost 1 round in the 375 H&H as they use their own mag boxes I believe and the Winchester box had to be cut down approx 1/8" in height.

the one I used had the barrel channel considereably offset from the action inletting. Even the action tang inletting was soemhow out of kilter from the rest of the action. The bottom metal was many degrees out from both the action and the barrel. So i had 3 components and all 3 pointed in a totally different direction. Many, many gaps and I had to just cut the differences in half and live with it.

This job was for a relative or I never would have used a semi-inlet anyway. If I ever do another job for a friend and it involves a semi-inlet, it will not be Boyd's unless there are no other options. He is happy with it and loves the rifle, but i am not.

i've got a jrs sporter in pepper laminate ordered for an 1917 enfield.... i was concerned that the bottom profile wouldnt' be the same to fit the bottom metal.... after much conversation, they sent pics of a stock... i ordered, knowing that the barrel channel will be different from my shilen profile...2 months wait, so i'll know in about another 6 weeks...

My experience with them is the inletting is always overcut. I makes for a easy inletting, almost drop in, but terrible gaps. Fine for a truck gun, but not a custom stock by any means. Remember you get what you pay for.
-Don

They are good for cutting into knife handles and predator calls. I have two, one is Okay, the other is getting sectioned for the above projects. I will not buy another.

I bought one once. The inletting was huge! When they say drop in fit, they mean it.

Terry

Ditto to TC1. Same thing happened to me. I WONT buy from them again.