Gunsmithing Boyd’s custom stocks

[Jthomas218]

Has anyone bedded a Boyd’s stock themselves ? I’ve seen a few videos but some say just bed the v blocks others say bed the whole stock . Thanks

 

[Easy_E]

Are you talking about the Boyds Ruger American stock ? I epoxied the v blocks in first using the action to set them straight in the stock then did a skim coat bedding job second .

 

[mcfred]

I've epoxy bedded Boyds stocks for Remington footprint actions with pillars the full length. Not sure about any V-blocks.

 

[Jthomas218]

Are you talking about the Boyds Ruger American stock ? I epoxied the v blocks in first using the action to set them straight in the stock then did a skim coat bedding job second .

Yes . I have a ruger american and I bought the Boyd’s stock. It came with the front v block bedded . I wanted to bed the back one . But I was told not to bed the barrel channel bc it is easy to mess up ...

 

[Jthomas218]

Can someone post a video ?

 

[KGNickl]

I had pillars added and bedding done and free floated the barrel on an r700 in a Boyd's stock. Glad I did.

 

[Jthomas218]

I bedded my v blocks on mine last week . I should probably pillar bed it too

 

[bigtimber]

can you give a short run down on what you did??

 

[sam4886]

Don't the v blocks act as pillars? A light skim on the top would be a plus, probably, but I don't see drilling holes and putting pillars in blocks as a benefit.

You should be able to Google ruger american bedding and find all kinds of stuff on YouTube.

 

[ImperfectLiberty]

I started out just bedding the V blocks and it was ok. However, I did go back in and pillar bed it after I was having an issue getting a repeatable and consistent torque on the action screws. This was on a Ruger American in Boyd's Pro Varmint stock. Should have just used pillars from the get go. I use Pro Bed 2000 and absolutely love it. ??? this was right after I pulled it out of the bedding the first time...

 

[Jthomas218]

I just took the stocks v pillars out and added bedding material let it set and put the gun back togetger

 

[roostercogburn98]

Bedded and pillar blockson this Boyds stock. It has a cleaned up 7.7 type 99 action with a 7mm08 barrel, dmrii glass and timney trigger.

 

[Jthomas218]

Bedded and pillar blockson this Boyds stock. It has a cleaned up 7.7 type 99 action with a 7mm08 barrel, dmrii glass and timney trigger. View attachment 7181909

Man that’s beautiful ! What color Boyd’s is that ?

 

[roostercogburn98]

Man that’s beautiful ! What color Boyd’s is that ?

That is the nutmeg finish if I remember correctly in the classic stock

 

[Jthomas218]

That is the nutmeg finish if I remember correctly in the classic stock

Looks great .