Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

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Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by Toppy91 » 16 Sep 2018, 5:13 pm

Hey guys. So I took the howa 1500 to the range for the first time today. While I am happy with the accuracy so far I don’t like the stock flex I get. Tossing up between a Boyd’s stock or Varmint style Bell and Carlson. I like the idea of the internal alloy bedding on the B & C. Any advice would be great!
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by bigrich » 16 Sep 2018, 5:32 pm

bell and co seem good on build, but on looks i like boyds lam stocks. plenty of people seem to do well with boyds. my ruger scout has a boyds as standard and the extra weight of the lam stock helps tame recoil. seems very well made a durable . dunno about the weight of the bells, if ya lugging it round a paddock or bench shooting should be a consideration i guess :thumbsup:
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Post by Toppy91 » 16 Sep 2018, 5:47 pm

Thanks mate. I’m not concerned about weight as it is 99% target shooting. I’m not crazy about a lot of the lam stock designs from Boyd’s unfortunately
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by SCJ429 » 16 Sep 2018, 6:38 pm

I have a Boyds thumbhole, it is a really great design just slippery. I added some stippling to help grip it.

You will find alloy bedding blocks get all polished up after a bit of recoil. Best to get traditional dev on bedding on either stock. You can get a Sinclairs three in fore end adapter so it will sit on your front rest for shooting off the bench.
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by SCJ429 » 16 Sep 2018, 6:41 pm

You could also get some stock stabilisation goop from Nathan Forster in NZ to treat your existing Flexi stock.
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by marksman » 16 Sep 2018, 6:48 pm

or just use some fibreglass filler to stabilise the forearm
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sept ... /3147.html

but I would just go the bell and carlson :thumbsup:
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by Toppy91 » 16 Sep 2018, 6:50 pm

marksman wrote:or just use some fibreglass filler to stabilise the forearm
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sept ... /3147.html

but I would just go the bell and carlson :thumbsup:

I am not handy enough for that. I agree
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by SCJ429 » 16 Sep 2018, 7:06 pm

I have a B&C 9 lug varmint on my Weatherby, works really well on the big boomer. Not sure if that design is available for a Howa. I can shoot it prone without getting beaten up too badly.
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Re: Boyd’s or Bell & Carlson

Post by No1Mk3 » 17 Sep 2018, 2:58 am

G'day Toppy91,
My Howa 1500 VT sits in a Bell and Carlson, very happy with it, Cheers.
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