Well, the Boyd $98 stock arrived today. I see no effort was made to give the lugs ability to touch down on anything. Looks like it "beds" along the receiver contacting the wood. May work fine...time will tell. I had to open up the right side of the barrel channel as the channel is left of the receiver centerline (long axis) and the thicknesses of the walls vary and are tapered. Opened up the channel so there is no longer any barrel/channel contact.

The bottom plate is secured with one lug bolt and a wood screw. The wood the screw is meant to secure to was pre-drilled larger than the outside diameter of the screw threads, making use of the screw impossible. I replaced it with a machine screw and nut. Must be a lot of good street drugs in South Dakota.