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garrett8781

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do these things go on sale very often? ive read they require some work to fit the metal that comes with the m305

what are your experiences with them? do they require some bedding or are they pretty good as is

in the market for a new stock and these look pretty awesome
 
I have several, mostly on bolt rifles. I only had to lightly fit one. I did have one on a M305 (sold it) and it was a drop in fir for me. My M305 stock was laminate and came with the laminate hand guard. The hand guard was a ##### to get in there.

I've seen the old sale now and then but not too often.

I also appear to be one of the "lucky" guys, I've never had to pay duty on any of mine.
 
Last time Boyds had a “sale” on M14 pattern stocks was in 2016/7 iirc. So they don’t have the Canadian Tire habit of putting everything in the store on sale @50% off once a year.

The Boyds stocks are inletted for American made actions, and American made stock metal, so fitting the M305 stock metal quite often requires a bit of judicious sanding and or filing. The bottom of the Chinese action is also a bit different so there is an area under the oprod shelf that needs a bit of material to be removed from the stock or the receiver. For obvious reasons, it’s easier to remove it from the stock.

I’m not so lucky as the previous poster, and I always get nailed for duties, taxes and surcharge on stuff from the US....
 
No complaints here, everything fit mine well.
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I got an unfinished stock from Boyds, then spent a couple years picking up USGI stock fittings and metal whenever I spotted something for "as close to free as my cold, cheap, Scottish heart" could accept. The wood was unfinished in the sense that it hadn't been oiled, but was otherwise complete and sanded smooth as a baby's bottom.

The USGI stock metal, and then the m305 barreled action itself, were drop in fit without any adjustment at all.

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Still planning on replacing the upper hand guard and scoping it, but very happy with the stock and bedding of the unfinished stock, which was about 1/2 the cost of a finished stock, and not hard at all to oil.
 
Joel said:
How much bulkier do they feel than the regular M305 stocks?
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they don't.....
Boyd's stocks are worth every penny.
I do notice the odd guy claiming a drop in fit for thier M305..... this is "never" the case although by appearance they do drop right in.
Very minor mods to make to conform the receiver bearing on the right hand side and some folks have to make some alterations at the trigger pad points. Otherwise, the Boyd's stocks are a nice step up from chinese plastics or wood and i really like the feel of the boyds vs a GI glass stock.
Boyd's used to put thier M1A stocks on sale quite frequently but I have not been following lately.
 
45ACPKING said:
they don't.....
Boyd's stocks are worth every penny.
I do notice the odd guy claiming a drop in fit for thier M305..... this is "never" the case although by appearance they do drop right in.
Very minor mods to make to conform the receiver bearing on the right hand side and some folks have to make some alterations at the trigger pad points. Otherwise, the Boyd's stocks are a nice step up from chinese plastics or wood and i really like the feel of the boyds vs a GI glass stock.
Boyd's used to put thier M1A stocks on sale quite frequently but I have not been following lately.
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Thanks for the heads up!

They look something like a "big red" to me, definitely thicker around the wrist, forearm etc than a USGI wood or glass stock, although maybe thats just to my eye. Happy to hear they don't handle any different.

I was wondering if the people who had "drop in" results had won the lottery too, thanks for clearning that up.
 
Boyd’s has made (in recent years) 4 different “patterns” for the M1A. GI slim, M1A standard, Target and Heavy Target.

In the least year or 2, I have only seen GI slim and standard on their web site.

Personally, I prefer the “feel” of the GI Fiberglass stocks, but there isn’t much you can do to make them stiffer with-out making Herculean efforts.

I also think that the GI slim is a bit too “flexy” to be worthwhile bedding. The standard, however, if stiff enough to be worth the effort.

I also echo 45s comments on the fitting of the stocks to Chinese actions.

John
 
Thanks for the replies guys. I’ll for sure be looking into getting one soon. Just can’t decide to glass bed it or not as it will be my first time doing it
 
garrett8781 said:
Thanks for the replies guys. I’ll for sure be looking into getting one soon. Just can’t decide to glass bed it or not as it will be my first time doing it
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do any other mods improvements first. Worry about bedding last , after you have it all accessorized, upgraded and shooting reliably first.
 
just having some fun said:
What do you have to do to the Boyds stock to get it to fit a norc receiver
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this question has been answered many times here and should be covered in the Stickies at the top of the subforum.
the important procedure a great many guys skip , not realizing thier receiver is not sitting flat, is the portion of the right hand top of the stock under the ledge the oprod travels on.
The chinese receiver's oprod ledge is bevelled on the underside that mates to the stock and is longer on the chinese receiver so that bevel must be continued back from where the boyd's stock has it.
There's gotta be pics somewhere.
If that mod is not done, the receiver is not sitting flat, which in turn puts more pressure on the right side of the trigger groups receiver lug engagement tabs. Puts the whole action out of true in the stock and isn't good for the trigger tension.
 
The Boyds M1A and the Boyds M14 slim cut are essentially the same stock. I have held both in my hands and they feel like 2X4s. I grant that they are good looking and functional for bench shooting but they are not graceful like a USGI wooden stock. To each his own.
 
ive since gotten my hands on a boyds stock, though the butt of the stock is fatter than the butt plate, is there any other plate/butt piece i can get that would fill it out better?
 
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