clarence said

Zebulon said

While you can look for a take-off original set of stocks that may or may not fit the rifle without too much working on the inletting, I chose to have Scott May order a new set of good straight grain Black walnut replacements and fit them professionally to the barreled action.

 

That “5%” remaining inletting required on “95% finished” replacement stocks probably requires more skill than I possess, though I’ve never tried it.  The master stockmaker it was my great good fortune to meet 50 yrs ago has told be he’d rather start from a blank than any semi-finished wood.

  

Bill and Clarence-

I’ve had the pleasure of using a Boyd 95% stock on a 670 and quite honestly it was more like 99%. The fit around the upper tang was the only area that needed attention and a few seconds with a narrow bladed pocket knife made the fit as perfect as anyone should expect. Of course I glass bedded the recoil lug but that’s unrelated to the matter at hand. Scott Mays is indeed the rare gunsmith, last I heard he applies his talents to minor repairs as well as major repairs to wood or steel. My gunsmith brings in a colleague for the time-consuming wood and metal refinishing chores and his work is very good. And no, I won’t tell you my gunsmith’s name. When he’s healthy his turnaround time is quite short and quality is generally high. He’s training a friend of mine but my friend only does the routine repairs. 

Mike