new Boyd's stocks for M1 Garands from Midway

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Has anybody here got any experience with these? My 1943 Springfield stock is in decent shape, just a little loose, but I'd love to have some nice wood on the rifle. Rather than dink with the original stock, I'm thinking about the Boyd's stocks. Midway has 'em on sale right now for $90, and they've got good reviews.

Has anybody put one of these on their M1? Worth the money? Is refinishing the original wood sacrilege?
 
Is refinishing the original wood sacrilege?
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If so I have a lot of penance to do.

I got a new Boyds stock on the H&R I bought last year from CMP. I've heard there is a bit of fitting to do and I can't say how much as CMP did that for me (and a great job at that).

Looks like a GI stock withoput cartouches and feels the same way. For tips on refinishing your stock go to the CMP website.
 
To answer the original question, I have put a Boyd's stock on an M1, and frankly it should be against the law for an M1 to look that pretty. Go ahead and take advantage of the sale--you won't regret it.

That said, I did have to to a *tiny* amount of fitting to get the trigger group to horn in there.

Tim
 
Anyone know if this is the "slim" WWII profile type or the "Fat" regular boyd's type?
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The Midway description is that it's a "Korean" style stock, which is slightly larger than the WWII stocks. I'm wondering how much larger, and where at, and if it can be sanded to match the WWII, or if it's even worth the bother.

I'll keep the original stock, it's in good shape except for a chunk chipped out in the area where the trigger group fits in. That's really the only reason I want to replace it. The PO "fixed" it with something, but it's not wood. Some kind of white stuff, epoxy maybe. Don't have it in front of me.

So the general concensus is to buy one, huh? Reckon I shall then.
 
Looks like a GI stock withoput cartouches
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On their forum the cmp often talks about putting in cartouches in new and old stocks for you. Thats why I never trust dealers selling collectible firearms from the cmp.
 
Did you try DuPage?? They are the ones who "re-contour" the stocks for CMP (at least,they used to).
 
Get the stock from the CMP. The standard Boyd's stock for the M-1 Garand is a fat stock that I don't think feels right.

the CMP stocks are modified by Dupage, fitted, then shipped. Midway doesn't mean it is a drop in.

If you want a really great looking, but more expensive stock, look at a Wenig. But they too need handfitting before use in most cases.
 
On their forum the cmp often talks about putting in cartouches in new and old stocks for you. Thats why I never trust dealers selling collectible firearms from the cmp.
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Do not accuse CMP of putting cartouches on stocks. They just don't do that. A CMP rifle rack or collector grade is what it is any nothing more or less.

There are people who will do that and it depends on what their reasoning for doing so whether it's good or not.

The Boyd's stock I have has Boyd's burned into the foreend on the inside where it's clearly visible.
 
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I've got a Boyd's. It took a little bit of work here and there. I spent several hours getting the handguards slimmed down to where they didn't look obese.

You should check your sear engagement after you put on a commercial stock--it can cause the rifle to shoot more than one round at a time (if the rear of the trigger group is too low).

How to fit a Boyd's stock
 
Hey 30 cal, I've probably asked you this before, but how did you slim down your handguards while maintaining the proper profile/curves?
 
Is there a lot of wood that needs to be removed? Is this something that can be done with a palm sander and finished with some hand sanding?

My original stock is in good shape and could just be refinished, but hey, it's original, and a new Boyd's is only $100 with shipping, so why mess with the original one?
 
I used a sanding wheel on my drill press and finished with a sanding block. Don't go back and forth; otherwise, they'll get skinny in the middle.
 
"On their forum the cmp often talks about putting in cartouches in new and old stocks for you. Thats why I never trust dealers selling collectible firearms from the cmp."
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CMP occasionally replaces stocks that are beyond repair, and they mark them as replacement stocks, NOT original. The only cartouche that CMP ever puts on a rifle is the "CMP" cartouche on a new replacement Boyds stock. They do not use any replica cartouches or stamp anything on original stocks.

There are replica companies out there that will stamp a stock with replica cartouches, CMP is not one of them. Also, buying a gun from a dealer that has an old CMP certificate on a rifle is not the same as buying directly from the CMP. You have no way of knowing how many parts got changed out after the certificate was issued.
 
Even the recontoured CMP type stocks are pretty clunky.
All Boyds stocks are made from relatively young walnut wood too.
Consequently the grain is quite open and well spaced, not my first pick for a walnut gunstock though I do own one of the CMP stocks that is mounted to one of my M1 rifles.

I would strongly recommend a polyureathane finish, never could spell that word right, anyway this type of finish will add strength to the wood and minimize splitting.

Birch stocks are a more viable option for replacement wood in light of the very mediocre quality walnut wood that is being offered.
 
Onmilo has good points. My preference would be a stock from DGR (they're from Wenig and DGR does the final inletting). Definitely better wood and worth a couple extra $$.
 
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