Boyds stock

[Member-Deleted]

I was just browsing the internet looking a guns and other thing i cant afford when i came across the boyds site, i put in all the details of my rifle and the result was http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/product.h ... 9&cat=1221.

Now im not sure if the link will take you to the exact stock i ended up looking at but a varmint thumbhole fitted to a remington 700 sps varmint with a short action HAS to be worth more then $99 USD?

Surely there has been an error here or I'm buying one very soon.

[ailar]

They have some more expensive ones, but I'm pretty sure the run of the mill Boyd's stocks have always been $99?

[Member-Deleted]

Are they a good quality?

[Aster]

One of the guys here has done a topic on a few of his replacements - viewtopic.php?f=13&t=388

Boyd's sell stocks by the truckload so they can't be all bad.

[greyghost]

Are they a good quality?

Yeah mate, tonnes of people use Boyds.

Anyone who pays $700 for some fancy stock is a sucker IMO

[DaleH]

I ordered an un-inletted stock to fit to an old (but good condition) lithgow 22. $50 for the stock, $60 for shipping. on my door step in under 2 weeks. Quality - good. Price - very good. The $99 is real (and just under the US imposed $100 shipping ban)

[Redwood]

and just under the US imposed $100 shipping ban

Good thing their economy is so strong right now they can afford to ban us from giving them our money

[reddog]

Yep the $99 is right , about $150 delivered. I bought a thumbhole laminate for my Howa , the inletting was very good just had to shave a little off one
side around the action to get the barrel to sit central in the barrel channel . For the money they are great quality IMO , the wood is slightly soft though
and they dent pretty easily but for the money who cares . But because of that I do think you need to pillar bed them

[Will]

Anyone who pays $700 for some fancy stock is a sucker IMO

People with more dollars than sense.

[Dylan.m]

i was just browsing the internet looking a guns and other thing i cant afford when i came across the boyds site, i put in all the details of my rifle and the result was http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/product.h ... 9&cat=1221. now im not sure if the link will take you to the exact stock i ended up looking at but a varmint thumbhole fitted to a remington 700 sps varmint with a short action HAS to be worth more then $99 usd?
surely there been an error here or im buying one very soon

I've got one my self there really bloody good. For what you're paying they rival Macmillan.

I've got a thumb hole one and it's pretty good, I sort of have to stretch my hand a little to shoot it but it's not really uncomfortable you also can modify them because there just laminated timber.

Paying $700 for a stock some times is good investment. Boyd's are good but they're cheap. I started wearing my stock from my hands so you probably get more use out of more expensive stocks.

[Brute]

Paying $700 for a stock some times is good investment. Boyd's are good but they're cheap. I started wearing my stock from my hands so you probably get more use out of more expensive stocks.

I seriously doubt you get anywhere near 7x the wear though.

[BBJ]

I've got one my self there really bloody good. For what you're paying they rival Macmillan.

Not that I have 7 rifles, but if I could fit out 7 rifles with new Boyds stock or 1 MacMillan stock... I know which way I'd go.

[Dylan.m]

I've got one my self there really bloody good. For what you're paying they rival Macmillan.

Not that I have 7 rifles, but if I could fit out 7 rifles with new Boyds stock or 1 MacMillan stock... I know which way I'd go.

i agree i do think boyd is fantastic and i suggest them to all my friends, but im going with a macmillian because they build there stocks to people specification im quite happy paying the money getting a stock that been built to fit me perfectly, and seeming that im going with a pistol grip thumb hole stock that what you want.



also i forgot to mention i got my boyd within a week. and all in all it cost me $120 and they are good stocks i would buy them again. the wear i described was only after having it for a few years and is a little rough on the hands where iv been holding it so it nothing that going to be a problem.

[Hardcast]

Doesn't the Boyds site mention that orders over $100.00 can't be sent overseas. Probably the reason they are $99.00.
Perhaps they pick up a few bucks on the postage.

[Seik]

Doesn't the Boyds site mention that orders over $100.00 can't be sent overseas. Probably the reason they are $99.00.
Perhaps they pick up a few bucks on the postage.

That's due to the US export limit isn't it? It's a $100 limit?

[Muddy1967]

Doesn't the Boyds site mention that orders over $100.00 can't be sent overseas. Probably the reason they are $99.00.
Perhaps they pick up a few bucks on the postage.

I am so pissed off.
The stock I need is $109.00 so they will not sent it to me.
I would love to pay more for postage to get the stock for $99.00
Oh well can't have what you can't have

[Tonit]

I am so pissed off.
The stock I need is $109.00 so they will not sent it to me.
I would love to pay more for postage to get the stock for $99.00
Oh well can't have what you can't have

Yeah, that's weak.

Use a drop shipping service maybe?

[Pom]

It pays to have family in the US

[DaleH]

If you are a bit handy and wanting a project, why not order an unfinished stock and inlet it yourself - stock will be about half the cost.

[Blackened]

Hurry and and get your stock oiled Dale

Pictures wanted.

[DaleH]

Oiled stock - one more coat should do it

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[RDobber]

Looks pro.

[DaleH]

Here is the assembled rifle before staining - Lithgow / slazenger model 12 - been in the family since new and hardly ever fired - (posted these on another thread) - first one is the original rifle and the second is the one with the new stock before oiling

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[Rakk]

Saw your oiled stock pics in the other thread. Niiice.

[DaleH]

The final assembly - had to do it straight after work last night

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[Arth]

Looks awesome mate.

[tiki]

had to do it straight after work last night

A night well spent

[Vati]

Real nice Dale.

[DaleH]

If there is any interest, I will put together a story line of what I went through to inlet and finish the stock using the gear I had at home - given that I don't have a well equipped workshop and haven done this before, it might be of some use to others who may want to do the same.

Please let me know and I will put something together with pictures etc.

Thanks to all for your feedback

[Norton]

I'd been keen to see your process

+1 from me.