waynewjw
CGN Regular
3 Months ago......Rec'd a Boyds Rimfire Hunter today in Sky laminate finish, fit, quality and looks are great. Receiver mated with trigger group beautifully, set the screws in place and all fit without issue. One small problem is that the barrel and channel in the stock are 13/16" wide so I will need to widen a bit. 7/8" dowel wrapped in sandpaper should do the trick.
3 months later.....Today.....After months of renovating and having no fun time, now being complete I've finally got the chance to complete the fit and finish of the Boyds stock on the Marlin 7000 Bull Barrel semi-auto .22. Below is a chronology of the events, I'm pretty happy with the end result. Total cost of stock, shipping, Cdn taxes and all that nonsense was around $135. Nice upgrade for not a lot of dollars.
Comparison of the factory plastic stock that came with the Marlin 7000 next to the new Boyds stock.
Forearm comparison
Sky laminate finish looking pretty good
Receiver section of the stock
Forearm
Underside showing the trigger guard factory inlet
Top of the receiver factory inlet
And the forearm factory inlet
The first test of fit. I placed the trigger guard into the Boyds and was very pleased with how tight it fit
Closeup of the front portion of the trigger guard just sitting in the Boyds stock
And now the rear portion and factory cutout of the safety
However, the one area that I knew might be an issue was the bull barrel fit into the channel...some extra work to be done
After measuring the barrel, and channel, I required a 7/8" dowel purchased from Home Depot for $2, wrapped some 300 grit sandpaper around the dowel, stapled it and started to run it back and forth thru the channel
As you can see, it tightly fits, but not free floating. So I had to run the sandpaper dowel thru around a dozen times, fitting back onto the rifle each time, screwing in the receiver to the stock, taking it apart and running the sandpaper thru it again. I did get it to the point of sliding a dollar bill under the barrel thinking I was done. Put the bipod on, went to the range and with the weight of the rifle onto the stock although it was floated, the clearance was to tight for my taste.
So back home we went, sandpaper dowel again with some vigor this time around. I wanted to ensure I had a truly free floating barrel in this stock.
Net result....finished and happy. I like the end result. Now looking for another rifle to Boyd!!
Done and done
All in all, exceptionally easy to do. Just had to sand out the barrel channel and viola! Now if you owned a Marlin 795 or 60; I think the new stock to old change out would take a whole 5 minutes out of your life.
Total mucking about time to fit.....emh....maybe an hour. Now it time for the range.
3 months later.....Today.....After months of renovating and having no fun time, now being complete I've finally got the chance to complete the fit and finish of the Boyds stock on the Marlin 7000 Bull Barrel semi-auto .22. Below is a chronology of the events, I'm pretty happy with the end result. Total cost of stock, shipping, Cdn taxes and all that nonsense was around $135. Nice upgrade for not a lot of dollars.
Comparison of the factory plastic stock that came with the Marlin 7000 next to the new Boyds stock.
Forearm comparison
Sky laminate finish looking pretty good
Receiver section of the stock
Forearm
Underside showing the trigger guard factory inlet
Top of the receiver factory inlet
And the forearm factory inlet
The first test of fit. I placed the trigger guard into the Boyds and was very pleased with how tight it fit
Closeup of the front portion of the trigger guard just sitting in the Boyds stock
And now the rear portion and factory cutout of the safety
However, the one area that I knew might be an issue was the bull barrel fit into the channel...some extra work to be done
After measuring the barrel, and channel, I required a 7/8" dowel purchased from Home Depot for $2, wrapped some 300 grit sandpaper around the dowel, stapled it and started to run it back and forth thru the channel
As you can see, it tightly fits, but not free floating. So I had to run the sandpaper dowel thru around a dozen times, fitting back onto the rifle each time, screwing in the receiver to the stock, taking it apart and running the sandpaper thru it again. I did get it to the point of sliding a dollar bill under the barrel thinking I was done. Put the bipod on, went to the range and with the weight of the rifle onto the stock although it was floated, the clearance was to tight for my taste.
So back home we went, sandpaper dowel again with some vigor this time around. I wanted to ensure I had a truly free floating barrel in this stock.
Net result....finished and happy. I like the end result. Now looking for another rifle to Boyd!!
Done and done
All in all, exceptionally easy to do. Just had to sand out the barrel channel and viola! Now if you owned a Marlin 795 or 60; I think the new stock to old change out would take a whole 5 minutes out of your life.
Total mucking about time to fit.....emh....maybe an hour. Now it time for the range.
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