Opinions requested. My Boyd's gun stock.

rreidnauer

rreidnauer

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Hello anyone reading this. I'm seeking opinions, and I wanted to run this by others, before making a decision on my own.
I purchased a stock set from Boyd's Gun Stocks for a Mossberg 930. The material chosen was the optional XX grade walnut for both the buttstock and the forend. While I am very happy with the buttstock, to me, the forend looks like standard grade. Nothing "fancy" about it, and doesn't come close to matching the buttstock. I'm considering sending back to be corrected. Am I off base here? Picture added, and would appreciate any opinions, no matter how critical they may be. I have very thick skin! :)
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They've responded and gave me a return label. They want me to send only the forend back, but I'm sending both, so they can at least make an effort to match.
I think what happened here was, they lost my order, and I waited a month before calling to inquire. After doing so, in a rush to fill my order, I received a shipping notice inside 24 hours. I think they made the buttstock (which required custom crosshatching) but just grabbed a forend off the shelf. I can't think of any other way how someone could have made such an error. It's going back today, and hopefully all will be resolved.
(I really do not like the existing plastic stock that came on this gun)
 
Good move! Odds are if you didn’t question this you’d be a little ticked off every time you grab that gun. I know I am still pissed off about mismatched wood grain on a couple kitchen cabinets.
 
Let us know if they took care of the problem. Definitely not upgraded walnut on the forend.
 
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20230516_213025.jpg Update: the saga continues saga-ing. So, sent the stocks back and tracked their arrival back at Boyd's. Then began a waiting game. After one full month of Boyd's receiving them, I emailed requesting an update. A week went by, finally saying they are working on matching up the furniture. Finally, a couple weeks later, I received them back today.
Wood looks good, so time to install. Forearm went on easy enough, with no more slop than is present in the factory plastics. The butt stock? Eh, not so great internal dimensions. very sloppy fit at the receiver. I'm going to have no choice but to bed that, but it's going to be challenging because of the way the stock has been bored. They shrunk the toe so much, that they have angle bored to the stock tube end. You can't even thread the nut on, without lifting the stock, so the nut is as far down inside as possible while threading. No idea yet, how I'm going to tighten it. Regrets? Some. But, bigger the challenge, the sweeter the reward?
 
I'm making it work, but yeah, I definitely will not be buying anything from Boyd's again. After getting the stock matched up where it meets the receiver, I ultimately had to relieve a bit more in the rear boring, to get the nut aligned to even begin threading on. Came up with a plan for tightening the nut down, that's going to require sacrificing a deep socket.
Definitely not a plug and play stock. Some gunsmithing required!
(pics to come, once I get it all buttoned up)
 
Boyd's disclaimer:
ATTENTION CUSTOMERS : . All finished parts have been CNC inlet to Boyds' House Action. Variations may exist from firearm to firearm, minor fitting may be required to get that perfect fit to your firearm. Natural cosmetic imperfections such as minor knots, burls, heartwood, mineral lines or minor cosmetic fill work are not considered a defect and will be subject to the 12% restocking fee .
 
I don't understand that hole - why is it oblong, or is that just light and shadow playing games with the photo?

Will be interesting to see how that turns out. The exterior of the stock is very nice, indeed.

Yes, please post up some pics when you're done. Good luck with it.
 
Micro said:
I don't understand that hole - why is it oblong, or is that just light and shadow playing games with the photo?
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Your eyes aren't deceiving you. It is a bit strange, but necessary.
The borings have been done at two different angles, because of the reduced toe of the stock would not leave enough room for one continuous straight through bore, without it coming out where the lower butt pad screw needs to go.
 
I've been looking at Boyd's Rossi R92 stocks in fancy walnut for my octagonal barreled lever. But the Boyd's disclaimer and threads like this make me hesitate. I've bought Boyd's for Remington 700 and Ruger 77/44 and all was good. Single piece bolt-action stocks are easy compared to what you have.
 
Yeah, "minor fitting" doesn't quite seem like the the right words, when the stock has a 1/4" of wiggle at the receiver. (I ended up fabricating a bushing to take up that slop)
It'll be nice upgrade once I get everything sorted, but yeah, one heck of a journey to get there!
 
Micro said:
Were you able to get all the slop out? Stocking now fitting noice and tight?
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Yep. Fits up tight after making a bushing to take up the difference between the bore hole diameter and the receiver tube. It could be better, but would require a bushing with a slightly offset inner diameter. (apparently, their boring is off about 1/16" low, which has the stock meeting the receiver to be about 1/16" high) I will probably make a new bushing at some point, because it will eventually bother me that it's not lined up perfectly.
 
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