If you want a wood stock for your Edge/Axis please post your name here I would like to see how many people like wood stocks. also email Boyd's asking them to make a stock maybe if enough of us as they will make a stock for the EDGE/AXIS.
Printable View
If you want a wood stock for your Edge/Axis please post your name here I would like to see how many people like wood stocks. also email Boyd's asking them to make a stock maybe if enough of us as they will make a stock for the EDGE/AXIS.
And you think it's that easy?
Boyds has a special place to request specialty stocks. It is easy to do that part. If bunches of people did that, Boyds would probably pay attention and add the Edge to their production. It's all about money.
Do you really think they could offer a wood stock, laminated or otherwise for $100? Let's get realistic...most of their stocks for the 10-110 rifles are more than that, and they are a straight forward inlet. The materials alone cost about $40.00.Quote:
Originally Posted by sayak
If you study the Axis stock, it also incorporates the trigger guard and the magazine retention system. To build a wood stock it would also need some hardware to complete it, whether metal or even plastic. You could use a standard trigger guard, but it would still need a magazine frame to utilize the DBM. There would have to be 2 versions of a magazine frame, a short and a long version. Currently Savage does not make anything that is compatible with the Edge/Axis rifles. Boyds do stocks, not hardware, and if they did, the stock would cost more than the rifle.
If all you wanted was a stock for a single shot version, the wood itself is not a problem, but the lack of demand is.
Yes, it's all about the money. If they can't make any, they won't consider it. It would take a very large order to get their attention.
I do plan on making stocks myself for the Savage Edge. How I will fit the magazine is yet to be determined, but I'm sure I'll find a way. I'll let you know when I start the project.
no one said it would be easy i just wanted to see how many people want a wood stock and then tell the to email or fill out the request for the stock at Boyd's easy no i don't think any thing is easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharpshooter
Isn't the recoil lug on the Axis made into the stock? If so that seems like it would make it difficult to mass produce an inexpensive wood stock. I know that the two Boyds stocks I have bought both needed to be fitted to my action. I don't know just a thought I had.
I never said it couldn't be done... it just can't be done cheap.
I don't have my Savage Edge with me just yet. Is it possible to remove the recoil lug from the plastic stock ? Because if one makes a groove that fits the recoil lug, the buyer just has to swap the recoil lug into the wood stock.
+1 for a wood stock. To be honest, I'm suprised no one's made one yet.... *sitrs pot*
I just got my Edge today in 223. This thing is nice, but the stock is too soft for my needs. I,ll be making wood stock for this over the winter.
Yep ill have one!
Yeah, put me down for one as well, Like they say "Nothing ventured, nothing ventured".... :P, hehe...
I started working on drawings yesterday, this will take a couple of months before I'm done
You can add me to the list... I have a .223.
I talked to the owner of this site, and I cannot advertise those stocks here. I'm not a real business, just a regular guy who enjoy guns and woodwork, and also I'm in Canada, so sending a "firearm part" down south could put me in trouble.
However when I start the project I'll put some pics here for your interest.
I would defiantly
like a different stock for my 223
i bought one for a model 11 it was 92.00 plus freight from boyds.put me down for one to!
I would consider one.
OP, have you looked into the legalities of shipping a rifle stock from Canada to the US? Hard to believe that shipping something that doesn’t make a firearm go boom would be restricted. But nowadays, nothing surprises me. ::)
I''d buy one for sure if they became available.
would love a wood stock
Who's willing to pay $200.00?
sharpshooter,any pics.
drybean
Pics of what? I just want to know how much money Axis shooters are willing to spend.
Yup, you can add me to that list! That was the 1st question I asked when I became a member here!
I know that I would be willing to pay $200-$300 for a nice aftermarket stock for my axis depending on the style/options.
put me and my brother down for one each! i love wood!
i just ordered a stock from Boyds today for my 116. wood adds class to guns no matter what the value is!
Started the project, but as I stated earlier, cannot sell them in the US. My photobucket is full at the moment, pics later
Inletting for the action is done on my prototype, I think I found a good way to fix the mag.
One question. Can someone here post a pic of the mag of a 30-06 or 270 next to a 223 or 308 one ?
If I understood correctly, mag for "long action" cartridge are longer, and all the "short action" ones are the same, only the internals is different.
Put me down for one.
>:(Why should we have to beg? Who the hell is running marketing at Boyds? Are they going to put one out after Savage sells 20 million Axis? They can have, on hand, replacement stocks for Krags and side hammer LC-Smith's but act like they have to be forced to make a stock for a Axis. >:( >:(
It's all about demand and market share. Would you spend thousands of dollars tooling up for a stock when you don't know what the demand is at this time? Just because there is a handful on this site wanting an upgrade, it doesn't mean that they need to go out of their way to fill every request, it has to be profitable.
Shaprshooter: what tooling are you talking about? they already make rifle stocks. If they started makeing them they would have 99.9% of the aftermarket. You comment sounds more like a CYA for a paying sponsor.
Problem with the Axis is the fact that the aftermarket stock needs to come up with a way to attach the mag, and a trigger guard. Regular Savage 10 trigger guard don't fit.
I solved both of those problem myself for my own stocks, and it is much mre than just inletting a laminate blank
Kind a agree with Fat Albert's comment (post #29). I would think this forum is only scratching the surface of interested Axis owners.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat Albert
Easy there Al, take a couple of deep breaths and relax. Have a seat and a glass of lemonade.
Sharpshooter is a small businessman who, I sincerely believe, (in spite of the fact that he has put me in my place several times when I apparently needed it) does know what he is talking about. It is one thing to have a good gut feeling, but it is another thing altogether to do some serious market research and determine exactly what the demand is and to weigh that against the cost of tooling, design, production & marketing. Common sense and gut feeling are good, but they don't hold a candle to good statistical business research. There is a reason why many/most small businesses fail. Yes, you are correct that the first people to make something new corner the market, but that does not mean they are always successful. Also, there are many factors we, as outsiders to any particular company, simply don't know about that would affect this type of decision.
Not slamming you for wanting it, (I'd like a nice wooden thumbhole for my Axis too)but don't want you to beat up Sharpshooter for his opinion either. I recognize where each of you are coming from and certainly appreciate your respective viewpoints. ;D
I'm going to preface what I'm about to say is my opinion.
When I'm going to purchase a rifle, I always look at what I'm going to do with the rifle. If I'm going to customize a rifle for anything, then I'm going to choose a rifle that has plenty of aftermarket support for it. Preferably I would choose a Savage 10/110 or Stevens 200.
If I want a truck gun, then I'm going to choose something like an Axis. Its not going to be my go to rifle for benchrest or f-class but it would do for a basic hunting rig.
I don't think Fat Albert has a clue as to what goes into putting a stock into mass production, it's more than making just making sawdust. At this point there are about 250,000 Edge/Axis rifles in existence. There is only a small percentage of that number of shooters who are hell bent on upgrading the stock. For a company like Boyds, the market has to be a lot bigger to justify tooling up for a stock that has other issues connected to it, such as the mag retention system. If it was solely wood, you still wouldn't see anything for several years. It only took Boyd's 5 years to catch onto the fact that Savage changed the magazine system and the hole spacing on their short actions. Do you really think they will jump on this anytime soon? I'm not promoting them, nor am I defending them, but I did have a long chat with a Boyd's rep at the SHOT show. We discussed this very issue and I inquired about how many units it would take to make it worth their while.He couldn't give me an answer.
Then I volunteered to be an exclusive distributor and assume all the financial responsibilities, then I was met with more resistance than acceptance, and when I asked the rep about a ball park price, he stated about $100 higher than their most popular model. Basically, I think the guy was blowing me off and did not take me seriously.
Guys, don't take me wrong... I feel your pain, I'm an Axis owner too. I am currently working on a solution to this dilemma, but I just want to keep it realistic. When you finally see something, it's probably not gonna be in the price range you are expecting.