Hi all,
Recently went down the Boyd's thumbhole stock route, so I thought I would share..........
Waiting time was 4 weeks from order to delivery.
Rifle to fit was a Ruger VT MK2 in .223 (which makes it a stainless bull barrel short action)
Stock ordered was a VT Ruger Mk2 short action Applejack laminate (finished)....
....for $99us, plus $59.40us post and handling.
The barrel channel was a bit narrow, so I invested an additional 2 hours with emery tape wrapped around a broom stick (wrap the tape in a tight spiral on the stick, then staple the ends and use it like a big round file....) to open up the barrel channel an extra 1mm, and then fitted the new stock to the action........
Needs about another 30 mins of sanding to finish floating the barrel, but it's looking good, and handles nicely to shoot. And I won't get it mixed up in the rack next to all those boring woodgrain coloured rifles!
cheers, curan.
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