Laminate Stocks

[ElGatoBandito]

you spoke to soon brother

I know quite a few people in the industry, just depends how much $$ you wanna spend on the laminate

cerakoted and maple


cerakoted black satin action, peen finish on stainless barrel






royal/grey laminate, satin bead blasted barreled-action

Wow... stunning guns...

[ElGatoBandito]

here's your donor action

beautiful Rem 700 in 30-06 , A serial number , auction ends in 1 hour , priced at $306.00

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=429669410

If only I wasn't paying vet bills for a sick ram right now...

[treestand]

I have Richards Microfit laminate stocks on a couple of mauser based rifles I put together. Turned out great! I did put a lot of time into the fit and finish mostly because it was important to me. You can finish them any way you like but I choose old fashioned linseed oil.

[Cajun Blake]

Halloween ??

[Sylvo55]

Nice pic I like

[Coach W]

I have Richards Microfit laminate stocks on a couple of mauser based rifles I put together. Turned out great! I did put a lot of time into the fit and finish mostly because it was important to me. You can finish them any way you like but I choose old fashioned linseed oil.

Yup Richards microfit will take some time to finish. .. alot of time because they come rough. REAL ROUGH. like will give you splinters. But they make some cool colors and styles. They aren't cheap and will require you to bust out the wood working skills.

For 100 bucks the boyds varmit thumbhole is the closest to ready to fit I've ever had.

I suggest bedding either one. And I prefer the Tru oil by Birchwood casey.

I love laminate thumbholes... they are a weakness for me.

[Cajun Blake]

here's your donor action

beautiful Rem 700 in 30-06 , A serial number , auction ends in 1 hour , priced at $306.00

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=429669410

that rifle sold for $360.00

awesome deal since the stock would have brought $100 and the take-off barrel $25

[txfireguy2003]

If only you were building a short action....i have a Boyds laminate thumbhole that I would sell you for a 700. They are super nice. I put one on my wife's 243 to replace the crappy tupperware stock and the only thing i had to do was wrap some sandpaper around a dowel and open the barrel channel a bit to free float it. Took a 1+" rifle and turned it into a 3/4" rifle, then handloading made it a sub 1/2" rifle, even in her hands. It's a comfortable weight and balances well, not to heavy, but heavy enough that it feels like a real gun.

[kumathebear]

good thread....

[txpitdog]

I like the Ruger laminate stocks I have. Surprisingly mar/scratch resistant and nilgai blood slid off like it was made of glass. They are a little heavier but not to the extent that the rifle is suddenly uncarryable.

30-06 with a side of lavender shag rug carpet



375 Ruger



I also have a 223 with the Ruger green mountain laminate, and that's as fugly as it gets

[ElGatoBandito]

Just a few raw stats I just pulled up:

Boyd's Featherweight Thumbhole: 2.3-2.5 lbs

Boyd's Varmint Thumbhole: 2.8 lbs

McMillian Game Scout: 2 lbs

McMillian Thumbhole: 2.0-2.25 lbs

And the McMillian stocks were about $300 more (basically finished)

I wonder what I'm gonna do here....

[Coach W]

Ok laminate/cerakote 700 I built... i experimented with duracoat on the scope... I don't suggest it. Just leave the scope whatever color it is. This is a forest camo boyds varmint thumbhole.

[Coach W]

Boyd's Featherweight Thumbhole (bottom) and the Boyd's Varmint Thumbhole (top) are so close in weight you won't be able to tell the difference. Go with the one you like the looks of best.





But don't count out the Richards microfit (bottom).. they are more expensive, take forever to get, and take tons of work... But they are sexy... definitely stand out from the boyds.





To me I like the looks of laminate so much I want one in every color... Richards has the biggest selection of color in the game. My next one will probably be orange or yellow for the boys first custom... maybe a wby in yellow. Right? And if the girl enjoys the shooting sports she might like the psychedelic purple or the pretty in pink.

But that's neither here nor there. I've tried to talk myself into the manners or McMillan... But I've never put enough money into a full custom to justify the cost. That being said if I was doing a full custom build; barrel, action, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to drop the coin on the M's. But if you're only truing a 700 action and slapping on a new barrel I could see going either way.

The red rifle in that pic was going to be a 6.5xsomething before I ran into a deal on a SBR... And I was debating just how custom to make it. I ended up deciding to build a whole new rifle on a different action... Then blew my money on another suppressor and a SBR... so once again im saving dough to build a custom... which i will probably blow on another deal i can't pass up.... be careful this gun addiction is costly.

[ElGatoBandito]

Boyd's Featherweight Thumbhole (bottom) and the Boyd's Varmint Thumbhole (top) are so close in weight you won't be able to tell the difference. Go with the one you like the looks of best.





But don't count out the Richards microfit (bottom).. they are more expensive, take forever to get, and take tons of work... But they are sexy... definitely stand out from the boyds.





To me I like the looks of laminate so much I want one in every color... Richards has the biggest selection of color in the game. My next one will probably be orange or yellow for the boys first custom... maybe a wby in yellow. Right? And if the girl enjoys the shooting sports she might like the psychedelic purple or the pretty in pink.

But that's neither here nor there. I've tried to talk myself into the manners or McMillan... But I've never put enough money into a full custom to justify the cost. That being said if I was doing a full custom build; barrel, action, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to drop the coin on the M's. But if you're only truing a 700 action and slapping on a new barrel I could see going either way.

The red rifle in that pic was going to be a 6.5xsomething before I ran into a deal on a SBR... And I was debating just how custom to make it. I ended up deciding to build a whole new rifle on a different action... Then blew my money on another suppressor and a SBR... so once again im saving dough to build a custom... which i will probably blow on another deal i can't pass up.... be careful this gun addiction is costly.

Thanks! All of those look really nice.

I probably will go with a Boyd's at this point. Not sure which, but the thumb hole stocks are speaking to me. Probably will be a custom stock too, with the low price of them, I can do a little custom work and still come in ahead of budget.

[Capt Glenn]

I bought my son a Boyd ' s laminate stock for his Stevens 200 7mm-08. It dropped in like a factory stock. It required no fitting. I glass bedded the action and the barrel was free floating without doing anything to it.

The finish level is pretty good. I don't have any complaints.

Not being a fan of thumbhole stocks we went with, I think, the Prairie Hunter in the brown laminate. Looks good, feels great. Huge upgrade from the cheap plastic stock. I'd say the weight is very close to a walnut stock. Heavier than a fiberglass stock but not heavy enough to really matter unless you are building a featherweight rifle. For your standard deer rifle they are just fine.

I'll buy from them again.