I own five Boyd's stocked rifles. 4 of the 5 were 'finished' when they arrived and none needed anything but to screw in and shoot. I did, of course, bed the tang and chamber on each. The fifth one was 'unfinished'. I will not do that again. First of all it had to have 3/8ths of an inch of wood removed forward of the floor plate. The barrel channel had to be enlarged for the action to 'seat'. Not being a stock maker, or even having proper tools, this was a beast of a job, but once done, the 1891 Argentine Mauser with the new .257 Roberts barrel slowly burned it way from 1.50 inch to a .44 five shot group. Go 'finished' if at all possible.
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