I have a Trophy Hunter XP in .308 (short action model 11). It has the plastic bottom "metal" and trigger guard that are separate from the plastic stock. I'm thinking about switching the stock to a Boyd's featherweight thumbhole model. Of course, Boyd's says you have to buy bottom metal. I don't see why the plastic bottom "metal" that comes with the plastic stock won't work. Has anybody tried using the plastic bottom "metal" with a Boyd's stock?

Also, if you have the plastic Trophy Hunter stock with the separate bottom "metal" and trigger guard and switched to a wood or laminate stock, did you see any change in accuracy? That particular stock is actually not bad from a purely functional standpoint, and I'm curious what kind of difference a wood or laminate stock actually makes. This rifle shoots very well (my last three-shot group to confirm zero was .638" at 200 yards), and I'm hesitant to mess with it.