01-20-2023, 03:46 PM
Teodoro Wrote:Tdbru,
I apologize for being unclear. By "plastic stock" I meant either an OEM take off or one of the stocks currently out of stock at Brownells.
The Boyd's stock I have lists at 2.85 pounds sans any bottom metal. So even just swapping to an OEM with no cutting would likely cut about half a pound, possibly a bit more.
I could be wrong but the stock most people discuss and comes on the bulk of the Howa's is a hogue, it's plastic, and heavy and yes your Boyd's will also be a tank...many reasons the main oem plastic stocks are not liked are many, weight, fit, bendy, bulky. It's like putting a nice 4 cylinder honda engine in a full size bread truck. As stated everywhere on the net, Legacy sports has no clue what North American markets want. Don't stop at the oem stock, if you are going to make a change...to actually suit your goals and to suit the dang action/barrel itself....jump right to the Pendleton or the stocky's carbon. You're wasting your time with the plastic, there's so much material, bulk, and thickness the best way to trim would down would be an angle grinder, your time is worth more than that...just save for the proper alternatives that should have come on these in the first place.