considering a new stock, input please

[Woodchuck]

i am considering buying a new stock for my m77, i am really interested in a laminate from Boyd's, anybody have any experience with them?

[yorketransport]

I have one of their thumbhole stocks on a Savage. They're nice stocks but they need pillars and a bedding job to be really practical IMHO.

Andrew

[Woodchuck]

he told me that i would want to do that, especially for the caliber i shoot, and for the money i am okay with that. i just really like the looks of em, but dont want something that will explode the first time i trip the gun off

[runamuk]

Bell and carlson and mcmillan ok so I am biased and I really like them....

[high country]

with a ruger you are not gonna hurt even a balsa wood stock, the 338 is their lightest gun and it is pretty heavy. if the weight of the boyds does not scare you, just bed it and enjoy it........pay REAL close attention to all the voids on the cation when you bed it.....rugers are a lil' more attention requireing.

[runamuk]

with a ruger you are not gonna hurt even a balsa wood stock, the 338 is their lightest gun and it is pretty heavy. if the weight of the boyds does not scare you, just bed it and enjoy it........pay REAL close attention to all the voids on the cation when you bed it.....rugers are a lil' more attention requireing.

just say it they are kinda high maintenance   

[Woodchuck]

Are you telling me they are lighter than factory? i dont want lighter, kicks enough the way it is

[Woodchuck]

i guess the rest of story is that my gun has been a stock breaker since i bought the thing new 20 some years ago. Ruger has always been very good about replacing it. i certainly dont want to get more of that

[jdb]

I had one on a rem. 700 .270 for several years but switched to a tupperware as the boyds was HEAVY!! I highly doubt you could break one.

[fremont]

I like Boyd's but agree they're heavy.  (Do they still do a lightweight version for extra $$?)  Like an earlier poster, I'm taking an action out of a Boyd's right now and putting in a Bell & Carlson Carbelite.

[Hyde]

I had a 7x57 built on a left hand Remington action and put it in the Boyd's JRS stock.  I really liked that stock.  I took my time finishing the thing, and it came out very nice.  Now I want to buy another, and they discontinued the left hand version.   

I just popped for the Mcmillan A2 for my 22-250.  Holy Cripes, those things are spendy.  And a 3-4 month wait. 

[Woodchuck]

thanks for the input guys, i appreciate it

[high country]

what cal are you shooting? I have only had one gun that wasa bedding breaker, it was a sub 7lbs all up 300 ultra w/o a break.....I broke way more scopes then stocks or bedding

[Magnum_Willys]

Use Bell & Carlson on both my 300 and 338.  Very light but absorb the kick much better than the stock wood stocks. 

[Woodchuck]

i shoot a 338 and have only had factory wood on it in the past. i know that there are some other great stocks out there, i just really dont like plastic which is why i like the looks of the laminate