I purchased a stevens .308 its a staggered feed 4.4" screw spacing. I bought a boyds stagered feed stock in 4.25 thinking it was the one i needed. Has anyone ran across this with older stevens and what will fit.
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I purchased a stevens .308 its a staggered feed 4.4" screw spacing. I bought a boyds stagered feed stock in 4.25 thinking it was the one i needed. Has anyone ran across this with older stevens and what will fit.
Interesting. It seems like this has come up before but My memory is as bad as my eyes. When you place it in the stock is the front hole the one that is off? How much of the hole can you see? I would like to see some calipers measure the distance to the outside of the screws near the action. we could then subtract .250 and know for sure.
That's a new one. A staggered feed with 4.40" spacing ?
I believe its the front hole that is off I dont have any calipers handy.
i tried it in a another stock which is a centerfeed 4.4" and the screw spacing looked correct but will not fit due to the magwell
looks almost like the intermediate action.I believe they are 4.52 spacing,I sold mine so I can't measure one.
ill try to get some calipers to measure it today. Whats my options on a stock?
I would check and see if you could return the stock to boyds although I am not sure you will find a stock to fit
If the front hole is the one off, and rifle functions in the staggerfeed boyds, you could re-drill that one to fit
It would be a vise/drill press or milling machine job for me but it can be done
Then fill in the old hole or just leave it as is
Good luck
Jack
Measured my 2006 Stevens short action in .223 at 4.25"
What you have is one of those basterd actions that I talking about in another thread. There were a few of these made in a snafu during the changeover to centerfeed. They saved these oddballs from the scrap pile by using a blind magazine tupperware stock for a centertfeed that was modified.
Thank you sharp shooter. Any hope in getting a stock to work with it or should I chock it up as a loss and sell it.
Is it possible to convert it to center feed?
The easiest fix is to move the front hole and install a pillar.
Boyds offers one stock for this and it is unfinished and rough fit.
Drill new hole and install pillars, like sharpshooter said.
Thanks for the advice guys I wound up re drilling the front action screw hole and pillar bedded it. I don't think it looks bad for what I had to work with.
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Good job!
Jack
how do you like the stock i was looking at them for my axis
Cool, keyhole stock. Looks just like the cockpit of my kayak.
cool