Boyds Stock with PTG/M5 Inlet Input

[Blastattack]

I'm looking at building a rifle with a wood stock, and am considering the Boyds stocks that are inletted for the PTG/M5 inlet. Seeing as the M5 inlet seems to be the de-facto standard, and Boyds inlets them in house, it seems like a fairly straightforward choice. Has anyone ordered a Boyds stock with the PTG/M5 inlet, and how well did everything work?

For details:
I'm building on a Remington 722, likely to be chambered in .308 or 7mm-08 (currently in .300 Savage)
I'm likely to use Oberndorf style trigger guard, either from PTG or APA. Nice and slick without any protrusions.
I like a wooden stocked rifle. Please don't suggest a chassis, or something synthetic. I know they're technically superior, but that's not what I want.
After all the Boyds options and acquiring the DBM, I expect the stock system to cost me $700-$1000
I'm building a hunting rifle, but I figured DBM knowledge would most likely be found in the precision rifle crowd.

Cheers, and thanks for your input.

 

[Blastattack]

Bumpity bump. Has anyone used a Boyd's stock with M5 inlet?

 

[rgv]

I’ve bedded two of them.

The inletting depths were not correct for the DBM and they would not function if installed as is.

Your dbm will come with pillars that will establish the correct height for the magazine to receiver. Whether you use the supplied pillars or not, you will need to bed the dbm the exact heights the pillars are, then trim the underside of the stock to match externally.

 

[Blastattack]

I’ve bedded two of them.

The inletting depths were not correct for the DBM and they would not function if installed as is.

Your dbm will come with pillars that will establish the correct height for the magazine to receiver. Whether you use the supplied pillars or not, you will need to bed the dbm the exact heights the pillars are, then trim the underside of the stock to match externally.

Thank you for the input. Did you use a PTG DBM or did you use another manufacturer?

Was the additional inletting simply machining the flats down at the front and rear of the inlet, or did you have you have to modify the angled body area at all?

 

[rgv]

One was PTG the other was Seekins.

Yes all I had to do was deepen the fore and aft seating surfaces to get the correct height, then trim wood down so outside surfaces were flush.

This was after bedding the barreled actions at exact centreline height.

If you had access to a TIG welder you could just extend the mag latch too.

 

[jjohnwm]

Just a related observation: Boyd's has announced wood stocks that come pre-inlet for the Magpul detachable box magazine kit (originally designed for the Magpul Hunter stocks). If you are looking for a higher quality unit you might not be interested. If, like me, you would just like an inexpensive way to upgrade a budget rifle like the Rem783 to accept AICS-pattern mags, this might be attractive.

It's only for Rem700 actions now, but I'm sure that will change shortly.