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needs a beautiful new stock. It shoots better than most of my .308s and they all put three Sierra 165 gr HPBTs into 1.5 inches. The metal is all in good shape but the stock looks as if it was dragged three miles down an old logging road. Any suggestions as to where I could find a nice - new - walnut stock that won't break the bank. If I can afford it I would like to have the barreled action and stock fitted by someone who knows what they are doing.
Thanks for the suggestions -
Terry
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boydsgunstocks.com
$129 for your choice of styles with finished wood. Lots of additional options if you want to pay for them.
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I have a couple of Winigs and a Richard's Microfit on the shelf that fit a 788 309. All are inletted and in the rough so you can shape them like you want them.
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Yep, Boyd's. They have plain walnut or some cool laminates for 129.00. I'm going to order one for the ole 788 someday soon.
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Boyds is, IMO, the best value in "drop-in" after-market wood stocks. Wenigs are better, but much more expensive. Richards Micro-Fit require a lot of work, compared to a Boyds that you get a great glass-bedded fit with very little effort. I'm happy with the bedding kits from Stockey's, after using the more expensive kits from Brownells for better than three decades.
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Boyds is, IMO, the best value in "drop-in" after-market wood stocks. Wenigs are better, but much more expensive. Richards Micro-Fit require a lot of work, compared to a Boyds that you get a great glass-bedded fit with very little effort. I'm happy with the bedding kits from Stockey's, after using the more expensive kits from Brownells for better than three decades. +1 Boyd offers fewer options but has MUCH nicer inletting, clean and precise. Richards inletting looks like they have beavers chewing the wood, but they have lots of options. DF
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Mine looked real bad too. I did a bit of sanding, filed a flute on each side of comb at the grip top, bedded it with JB Weld, camopaint on outside, New scope, New slip-on pad and wala...not a POS anymore. I must have spent 6-8 hours and since I had the other stuff only money was scope and pad. New gun (kinda) and anxious to shoot it. Mike
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I'm doing the same as Mac284338 on my 222. Someone had lacquered it and it was sticky. It shot great before and now it will be Devcon bedded and aluminum pillars. A little sanding and paint went a long way.
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