Quote Originally Posted by shooterfpga View Post
Id still buy a boyds even if the laminate was made out of compressed balsa wood and tub caulking over an SSS.
Well, until a recent event, the plant totally destroyed by fire, if one purchased a lam stock its a 90% sure bet it was made using Rutland plywood.

The de-lamination ( cracking) is somewhat of a mystery to me. I've fitted/bedded/pillared quite a few lam stocks over the years, three of my own(Boyds) and none of them have cracked. It only a WAG but other things may be coming into play as the cause.

The plastic escutcheons (bushings) have been standard fare for years in both aftermarket and factory stocks. Two examples..


On the left, one from a '90s era Savage factory stock, on the right the one from the Boyds pictured.

I don't care for them either soooo.....


Bill