Magpul American vs Boyds At One Stock

[Baldman]

I have a Ruger American Predator in 223 and I'm looking to put a new stock on it. The two stocks I'm looking at are the Boyd's At One stock and Magpul American. From everything I've read so far both meet my needs of a stock for a target rifle. Does anyone have experience with both brands? The plus, if you call it that, for the Magpul stock is that they use AICS mags and have double the capacity of the Ruger rotary mags. The down fall so far is that the Magpul isn't yet available and I'm not sure how accurate the "Coming Spring of 2018' is since they've missed 2 dates on the stock already. I'm not crazy about the coloration of the At One but it's not a deal breaker, it takes the standard Ruger mags so I'll need to reload a more often, but it is available now. The one concern I have with the At One is the push button adjustments, I'm worried that it will be too easy to depress the buttons and impact LOP or Cheek rest height by accident.

Any knowledge you can pass on is much appreciated.

 

[rbernie]

The one concern I have with the At One is the push button adjustments, I'm worried that it will be too easy to depress the buttons and impact LOP or Cheek rest height by accident.

The push buttons on the Boyds AT-One are flush to the surface and spring loaded, with VERY stiff springs. It's actually really quite hard to push the buttons enough to make an adjustment - no worries of it happening unintentionally.

The AT-One is a decent (relatively cheap) stock; I don't regret buying one to try it out. Its range of adjustability is good, and it works well from a bench for non-critical target shooting. I am sure that it is not as stable / precise as a higher-end target stock costing 2-6x as much, but it's good at being what it is.

My gripes? I wish that it was lighter (my Savage long-action blind magazine version came in at just under 3lb), I wish that it could be ordered with a decent recoil pad (and/or dropped buttplate) without having to buy them separately, and I really wish that it wasn't carved like a cinder block. As it currently is shaped, it's really not meant for carrying afield - it's far too blocky and square to fit in the hand, and too heavy for all-day carry.

I've found that I can shave a good 1/2lb from any Boyds stock by ordering it in walnut instead of laminate, but they don't seem to have any intention of making that an option for the AT-One.

 

[jmr40]

Not a fan at all of plywood for gun stocks. Nothing you put on there will be any more accurate than what you have. The new Predators take AR magazines. I'm looking into seeing if I can convert mine to take AR magazines. If not practical I'll buy a new one that does and sell the old one.

https://ruger.com/products/americanRiflePredator/specSheets/26944.html

 

[rbernie]

Just as a follow-up; I now see that Boyd's is offering the AT-One in walnut. That should shave about half a pound off of its weight.