Just helping out Jasta! Stainless looks good in that stock.
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Thank you Mr Wolf!
I have heard that some stocks run better when the front and rear screws are torqued to a particular tightness. Anyone have any recommendations for these new stocks?
I received mine today thumb hole pepper
Got my Praiire Hunter in nutmeg, had to sand a little on the the bolt release notch,took 2 minutes, work good and looks even better
$116.71 delivered, in about 1 week
This was why I asked the question about having pillars installed. They are one of the reasons why the rifle will shoot well, straight out of the box. Timber is forgiving and compresses, each time a bolt is pulled up, it will compress further. It is not one of those things where the action is taken out every day in which case it would not long for the hole to fall apart. once it is in its in. I have yet to order my stock and I will be pillar bedding as well as a full bed even before I start shooting, but that is just me. I am on limited working hours at the moment so funds are tight. The stock for me is not a priority at the moment. By the time it reaches New Zealand it will be close to $200 kiwi with freight and exchange!
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I ended up talking to one of the techs over at Boyd's named Wilson and he explained that I need to just sand or scrape off a little bit on the rails inside the mag well. Fits like a charm now.
Great customer service. Thanks again Wilsom
Found something today that might fix the bolt catch stock issue. I had the same problem and after checking things out I realized that when I did the trigger spring modification that I had used a small screw to hold the new spring that had a head sticking out on the underside of the trigger assembly. This was touching the bottom of the stock which rocked the whole assembly fwd. this caused the front of the trigger to bottom out and then the bolt removal catch couldn't be depressed enough to remove the bolt.
As soon as I replaced the screw with something that didn't protrude past the bottom of the trigger, everything functioned perfect.
Just a thought that might help out if anyone else has the same problem.
Cheers
Any news on a lefthanded version?
None I've heard of so far... I do hope they don't take too long to decide. If they have no plans for a Lefty model, I would hope that they would announce their intentions on this forum, one way or the other. My wife's Boyds thumb hole model stock is due in this Thursday, once I get her's done I'm sure I'll want to get started on mine (which is left handed) ASAP. I'd love to have a nice replacement laminate stock, but if it's going to be too long I'll have to modify the factory one, or buy from someone else... If my mods work out well, then Boyds will likely loose a sale. Maybe no big deal to them, but a sad deal to me.
Must agree, I have just sold my right hand .243, and ordering a new Left hand .243 this week. didnt get a lefty first time round because they didnt make them then. Would be great to loose the factory stock for a boyds left hand one.
Yeehaah! I just picked up my FT thumhole in Pepper laminate from the post office. So it took 1 month and 2 days, but hey I'm well pleased. Man, is this a thing of beauty? It was definitely worth the wait. I will be starting tonight on the pillar-bedding and such. It is going to look so good on my stainless steel Axis. More beautiful than Sharon Stone doing her leg cross-over thing? Nah probably not, but it'll be beautiful none the less. A preliminary thank you to the people at Boyds. Let me first check the drop-in fit before I shower them with accolades.
I would like to see how you all pillar and glass bed the axis.
I am planning on doing it myself over the winter. Still looking for Boyds to make the tacticool stock for the axis has anyone herd if they are? I shoot prone and the tacticool looks like the best stock for prone/target shooting.
Hey Guys new to the forum and first decision was to order A Prairie Hunter in Camo Green for my .223. Ordered it last sunday online and it arrived this afternoon. Dropped right in perfect! Now 1 question, Anyone done anything to the finish? Just thinking I'd like to make it shine some. If anyone has done this what did you use?
Thanks in advance.