Ok thanks. I'll check with them when the time comes.
M305-wood, synthetic, archangel, Blackfeather, etc
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Ok thanks. I'll check with them when the time comes.
ThatM305Guy
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Wolverine will have a butt load of usgi wood stock and handguard sets for 75 bucks come friday.
They removed it today or something wrong with my eyes.
They all sold out overnight on the Black Friday sale
New to the gun game, but after going back and forth between wood and synthetic, I got a Boyd's walnut stock for my M305. After some minor fitting and refinishing with pure tung oil, I am so glad I settled on wood. The rifle is beautiful! It is also pretty heavy, but I'm not complaining. (Photo was before refinishing)
I bought the stock liner, liner screws, upper wood screw, rear swivel and ferrule (USGI) from treelinem14.com. I used JB Weld to fasten the ferrule, and reused the Norinco butt plate (tight fit, if I'm being honest it took some "persuasion" with a rubber mallet). I reused the Norinco forward sling swivel (in conjunction with M14 M1A Sadlak Front Rail Mount HD) and destroyed the original Norinco rivets getting it off, which I now realize was stupid, because I have ruined the resale value of the original stock. If I could go back I would have bought ALL new USGI hardware, but what can I say? I was excited about my new (and first) rifle being how I wanted it. Lesson learned there.
Edit: Just realized I never directly answered the question, to wit: No, the Boyd's stock came with no metal hardware.
Edit: Just realized I never directly answered the question, to wit: No, the Boyd's stock came with no metal hardware.
m14medic.ca
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A Boyd's stock with hardware is available from brownelles. $250 USD
The value of a Nork take-off is around $50....
There is great value in purchasing a Boyd's finished stock for $150 and adding the hardware from your Chinese plastic stock.
John
The value of a Nork take-off is around $50....
There is great value in purchasing a Boyd's finished stock for $150 and adding the hardware from your Chinese plastic stock.
John
How much of the norinco hardware can transfer over to the Boyd's stock (without filing and tinkering etc.) or does every piece have to be fitted?
New to the gun game, but after going back and forth between wood and synthetic, I got a Boyd's walnut stock for my M305. After some minor fitting and refinishing with pure tung oil, I am so glad I settled on wood. The rifle is beautiful! It is also pretty heavy, but I'm not complaining. (Photo was before refinishing)
gorgeous, nice photo.
nuthin quite like good ol steel and wood when it comes to the M14 types and Garands.
I have an archangel on my m305.
It's a great stock for the money, I noticed a slight accuracy increase with it over the Chinese stock, however I also am not a good shot, and I shoot Norc ammo through it.
Keep in mind that it is made to fit an M1A, not an M305. you WILL need to file a relief into the top of the stock for the back corner of the receiver.
The ergonomics are wonderful. It fits your hand well, and has good length of pull and cheek rest adjustment.
PROS:
- Cost
- Ergonomics
- Looks pretty decent
- Good adjustment for length of pull/cheek rest.
CONS:
- Fit and finish, it looks "cheaper" than JAE, RS, etc, obviously, as it's plastic.
- Modifications required to fit M305.
- The cheek riser becomes slightly unstable at the very last few clicks of upward adjustment. (hasn't been a problem for me)
Here's a gallery of the filing I had to do to make my M305 fit: http://imgur.com/a/tVWQU
Thanks for this- I missed it and only came across it today. Good to know about the cheek riser, but I do like the LOP adjustability. I have long arms, and most guns feel waay too short in the butt.
Oddly, though- I've been getting excellent results from my Chinese synthetic, so I'm going to live with it for now.
The archangel is pretty long, even at the lowest LOP adjustment, it's definitely quite ergonomic.
I also got decent results with the Chinese stock, I seen a marginal improvement with the archangel, but like I said, that could just be me being a bad shot.
The main reason why I did the archangel is aesthetics and the pistol grip. I have a wrist impairment that causes me difficulty when holding a conventional rifle grip. For this purpose alone, it's hard to beat the archangel for the price. If I had a higher budget for this rifle I probably would have gone with a blackfeather.
