Good wood stock for my 98 Husky?

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I have been wrestling with a 98 Husky in 9.3x62 for about 3 years now. I bought it on the EE, it had a nasty synthetic stock that flexes and is badly bedded. I could'nt get it to shoot decent, blamed it on my cast handloads, until I did a redneck JB weld bedding job and the groups just dropped right away.
I'm tempted to buy a Boyd's prairie hunter laminate stock, but I'm worried about comb height for a scope.
Anyone any experience with Boyd's wood stocks? Are tehy all the same comb height?
I'm surprised how little shows up on the EE for 98 Mauser wood.
And don't bother telling me about your favourite synthetic stock, I have to have something nice to look at while I'm hunting.
 
Along the lines of what Hitzy said, if you don't mind a little woodworking you can get a semi-inlet from Brownell's under the brand name Wood Plus for a pretty good price. Unfinished and will need the bolt slot and action opening cut but it is a satisfying project that really isn't too hard. And a recoil pad will need to be installed as well. I like mine though nd it was satisfying to do that bit of fitting myself. the inletting for the action and barrel channel was pretty accurate though I did choose to bed the action and add cross bolts and a pin through the wrist to ensure that the stock couldn't split.

They're not showpieces, but you also won't feel bad about hunting them even when the weather isn't great.
 
I have a Boyd's Laminate Featherweight thumbhole stock. It required a bit of work along the barrel channel (barrel base area) to get it to fit, and I had it professionally bedded. It is a tight, exacting fit, and my medium-contour sporter barrel (Pac Nor No. 4) is perfectly free-floated. My only complaints are the factory finish (UGLY) and there's quite a gap between the bolt release and the stock. I suppose I could add a bit of wood there and build it up.

The factory finish is probably one of the hardest finishes I ever had to remove -- it is TOUGH. I have since sanded and oil finished the stock and it looks terrific! I just finished 6 coats of Tung and Schaftol and I will likely add 2 more coats. However, if I had known how chemical resistant the factory finish was at the outset, I would have lived with it.

The gap between the bolt release and stock is an irritant, but I can live with it.

Overall, you won't find a better stock for the money unless you hire a pro to make you one... and then you're getting into the big $$$ and long waits.

The comb is perfect for me, and I have a comfortable cheek weld for my low-mounted scope.
 
Question for you in the know... are the Husqvarna actions, apart from the receiver ring diameter, the same dimensions as a M98? Hole spacing, bottom metal? Baribal has a few nice stocks for sale that could fit?
 
Cool, I will probably get it done professionally as there's a scope base hole with the threads
stripped as well. I will order a stock and look around for a Smith who can have it done in
time for hunting season.
 
The Kurgan said:
Question for you in the know... are the Husqvarna actions, apart from the receiver ring diameter, the same dimensions as a M98? Hole spacing, bottom metal? Baribal has a few nice stocks for sale that could fit?
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the best way is to ask him. is there someone that can answer that will be him.

i have two M96s and there are not exactly in the same fitting for stocks, so a M98 will it be a Commercial or Military for sure will be different. 1600 another story.
 
I may be mistaken but I believe that the Husqvarna M98 is patterned after a M98 which is a "Large Ring" Where you run into the differences is in the 1600 series action which is considered a "Small Ring". To the best of my knowledge the 1600 series was Husqvarna's commercial action where they took what they felt were the best features of the M-96 and the M-98 and put a nice light slim package together. If this is wrong please correct me! Where's Baribel when you need him??

Fuzzy
 
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