New magazine catch for my Boyds gun stock

[55fairlane]

So I bought this blue/black stock from Boyd's for my Ruger American in 22-250
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The fit and finish is decent for the price,the real gripe with me is the plastic magazine catch, the reason I say this is this is where the front take down screw goes,and I am just afraid of the screw coming loose, so I whipped this steal magazine catch out
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The magazine catch was about .060 thousands long....wow , way oversized, so I did shorten the steal catch.

Here you can see the catch fitted and looking good
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I then polished it up and soften the edges, now for a little cold blue,and I will bed the catch solid after range test
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Stay tooned for more pics and updates

Aaron

 

[55fairlane]

The last picture dint show up, so let's try it again
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[phatgemi]

Other than your magazine catch issue, how was the fit and finish on your stock. Any other work required for a good fit. I have an american in 308 and have been considering a boyd.

 

[55fairlane]

i did a "dry fit" on it last night, and the magazine well was a little tight in the one corner, but some sand paper fixed that, the barrel was off to the right side of the barrel channel just a bit, i opened up the barrel channel as well , other then that, no issues, and i don't feel these are big issues.....i will be bedding the V blocks in this weekend and have more to report on

if you go with one of these stocks the magazine catch is easy to make, and if you ask i can make you one that is very close, and you can do a little hand fitting with a file....

Aaron

 

[Cree]

55fairlane - That is a great upgrade! Nicely done!

Andy Cree

 

[55fairlane]

Well here is the good,the bad,and the ugly

The v blocks bedded in nicely, but I got a little heavy with the torque wrench and broke the trigger gaurd,and put a large divit in the stock
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Well crap......OK no problem......I got a washer out of the shop,instead the stock so the washer fit flush,roughed up the washer so bedding compound had something to grab on to
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Mixed up some bedding compound, dropped in the washer and lightly seated the screw to hold the washer in while the compound cured
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I thought about doing the bed the washer before I bedded in the blocks,but did not.....should have......
Trigger gaurd fix coming soon