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GhostRed7
10-24-2016, 10:58 AM
I got a little "trigger happy" when looking around Boyd's and ordered one of their rapid-fire stocks (guessing NOS, unresolved custom orders, etc), which have no return. My dilemma is that I didn't know enough and their site for that particular item or the help were very descriptive and I erroneously ordered a long action for the Axis .308, which as I understand it is a short-action cartridge and magazine (about a 1/2"-ish difference).

That being said... what are my options? So far, the only thing I can think to do is try to sell it to someone that wants an upgrade. The order is still processing. I've emailed and tried calling a couple of times.

I'm not completely opposed to stocking it for a future build, but that's a very last option for me.

Thx in advance
hereinaz
10-24-2016, 12:03 PM
Would probably sell quick on the classified section here.

Boyd's sticks pretty hard to their policy. But, good stocks for the money. I put up with the process to get one cause they work. I did have luck cancelling an order, once...
GhostRed7
10-24-2016, 01:04 PM
Would probably sell quick on the classified section here.

Boyd's sticks pretty hard to their policy. But, good stocks for the money. I put up with the process to get one cause they work. I did have luck cancelling an order, once...

Thx. Been talking to others offline as well and that's leaning towards the average consensus.
sharpshooter
10-24-2016, 01:41 PM
Just use a long action magazine. I'm sure a .308 will feed fine.
GhostRed7
10-24-2016, 03:02 PM
Just use a long action magazine. I'm sure a .308 will feed fine.

Like a .30-06 mag? I was wondering about that, but didn't know if there would be any safety concerns.
sharpshooter
10-25-2016, 12:53 AM
Why would there be a safety concern? There are a lot of shooters that re-barreled long actions for short action cartridges and used the longer magazine to their advantage.
GhostRed7
10-25-2016, 07:08 AM
Why would there be a safety concern? There are a lot of shooters that re-barreled long actions for short action cartridges and used the longer magazine to their advantage.

Didn't know if there would be. I do a lot of overthinking lol. But cool.
hereinaz
10-25-2016, 12:18 PM
That means that they load their .308 cartridge longer than the factory short action, so the only way they can shoot it is in the gear you have. Picture the bullet poking out really long out of a .308, so far it wouldnt fit in your short action mag...
GhostRed7
11-01-2016, 08:40 PM
Just use a long action magazine. I'm sure a .308 will feed fine.

Well... stock came in and long action axis mag purchased. Hopefully taking it to the range tomorrow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/madhorizons/20161101_104743_zpsjqadfvj2.jpg
hereinaz
11-01-2016, 09:09 PM
Looks nice.
GhostRed7
11-10-2016, 12:28 PM
Thx. Definitely more comfy to shoot.
yobuck
11-10-2016, 07:57 PM
And all it took was somebody who knew what the hell they were talking about to offer some good advice. lol