I personally do not like the oversized nature of the Boyd's stock. Then again, the poor inletting job may have colour my experience with them.
Sadly, the M14 was farther from finished than I thought... the Vortex is already gone, a Leupy scout is on it's way, although it will probably live (ironically) in a set of Vortex quick release rings... I'll take some pictures tomorrow at the range.
And after perusing the EE looking for another project, I ended up agreeing to buy an M14 off a fellow at the Vancouver Gun Club when I was shooting some trap this morning. Hey, at least my manhood's secure now. This one won't even make it in the door before it goes to Dlask for chopping. I'm thinking 18.5", threaded but bare (just a thread protector), in the lightest possible stock I can find (McCann carbon seems to be the lightest as yet, although I think it can be made lighter), with a bunch of other stuff done to try and get it down to sub-seven pounds. Titanium piston, lightened gas cylinder, titanium abbreviated plug, ventilated op-rod, flyweight spring guide, fluted barrel, etc etc. All I can say is that it'll help to have friends in machining R&D! It'll be a pretty fun experiment, I think, in how spartan an M14 can be. No buttpad, no 5/20 round mags, no extraneous optics, no nothing. If it doesn't make the gun go bang in the right direction, it's going to get turfed.
Sadly, the M14 was farther from finished than I thought... the Vortex is already gone, a Leupy scout is on it's way, although it will probably live (ironically) in a set of Vortex quick release rings... I'll take some pictures tomorrow at the range.
And after perusing the EE looking for another project, I ended up agreeing to buy an M14 off a fellow at the Vancouver Gun Club when I was shooting some trap this morning. Hey, at least my manhood's secure now. This one won't even make it in the door before it goes to Dlask for chopping. I'm thinking 18.5", threaded but bare (just a thread protector), in the lightest possible stock I can find (McCann carbon seems to be the lightest as yet, although I think it can be made lighter), with a bunch of other stuff done to try and get it down to sub-seven pounds. Titanium piston, lightened gas cylinder, titanium abbreviated plug, ventilated op-rod, flyweight spring guide, fluted barrel, etc etc. All I can say is that it'll help to have friends in machining R&D! It'll be a pretty fun experiment, I think, in how spartan an M14 can be. No buttpad, no 5/20 round mags, no extraneous optics, no nothing. If it doesn't make the gun go bang in the right direction, it's going to get turfed.
