Serial number/part number for bottom metal from Savage for 111 ITH?
Hi everyone,
I finally got my Boyds Prairie Hunter stock (Looks amazing!), but have run into some trouble. I initially intended to make my own bottom metal component, but upon some close up analysis I think it will cause me more pain than pleasure to continue down this path, and I am opting to buy the bottom metal.
I don't want to buy the bottom metal components from third party companies due to price (~260.00 to put on a 100.00 stock?!) and aesthetics, and would like to purchase the OEM style from Savage. Since I have a 111 international trophy hunter (tupperware stock, bottom bolt release) in 30-06, I am unsure how to find the required part without the serial number from a gun with a wooden stock.
From Boyds:
"If you have a XP model with a synthetic stock, you will need to purchase the bottom metal component system through Savage or any aftermarket component supplier. Due to the many variations of trigger guards that have been used for Savage Actions. Boyds uses a flat bottom metal design....These stocks are designed for the 3 piece design DBM parts as found on wood stocks"
I would also like to purchase a a metal trigger guard (bottom bolt release) from savage, and found a parts number on another post:
TRIGGER GUARD ASSY MATTE RI - PN: 107217 $26.00 (http://www.savageshooters.com/archiv...p/t-33129.html), though I was hoping to verify it before I order.
So, assuming asking for the serial number from someones gun isn't a major taboo (I feel like it probably is...) anyone willing to part with said information? Or look up the serial numbers for the parts in question? ...or tell me I actually need something totally different? aha
*** I would prefer the bottom metal to actually BE metal, but I know there is a plastic version and would consider this option if the info is available ***
Thanks in advance! I've learned a ton from perusing Savage Shooters so far!
P.S. Can anyone confirm that Savage will ship to a home address in Canada?
USE THE COMPOSITE "BOTTOM-METAL" with a Boyd's stock at your peril
I relied heavily on this thread and few others to make my choice of "bottom-metal" to use for my new boyd's laminate stock.
To all who read this thread, let me tell you - YOU RUN THE RISK OF CRACKING YOUR STOCK CLEAN UP THE MIDDLE if you use the plastic version and it has to be shimmed to keep it from binding the action!!!
Even with manufacturer supplied pillars and washers, the composite "bottom-metal" used on my M11 Trophy Hunter XP action with a Boyd's laminate stock did not fit correctly. Even with screws correctly tightened, the action was BOUND TIGHT SHUT !!!!!!!!! The composite bottom-metal-frame-surround (whatever!) that holds the DBM in the action is apparently too thin to mate correctly in the Boyd's stock inlet for it.
In attempting to shim it in a variety of ways and keep the screws tightened (even under 24in#), the stock CRACKED at a laminate join lengthwise at the rear screw hole.
I don't know what to attribute this to: Boyd cutting inlet for the thickness of ONLY THE METAL version of the "BOTTOM-METAL" or the composite version being just not thick enough in this case. The composite may work in some instances, I suppose. But not in this case, and shimming made it worse ... real worse! I ruined a $260.00 stock that Boyd's is likely to tell me to whistle for, vice supply another cut for the thickness of the plastic version.
And in the end, the weight of the whole package with plastic frame was 8.8# s. The metal versions (I am told) will push this over 9#s.
I just thought this "old" threat should get some new information attached