New CMP "C-stock" report.

[PhillipM]

I picked one up at the Oklahoma games as a treat since I got a bronze medal, two points off silver, dadgummit.

The hole for the rear guard screw is drilled at the correct angle now (as opposed to the ones made a couple years ago) but it still uses the oversized thin bronze bushing. It also came with a thicker bronze bushing in a baggie that is about the same size as a USGI steel one. The smaller bushing fits in the larger bushing as a slip fit and the screw is a slip fit in the smaller bushing. The enclosed instructions say:

WARNING
TO PREVENT STOCK DAMAMGE AND MAINTAIN ACCURACY


The trigger guard screws need to be installed as tight as possible. After firing the first five rounds retorque the guard screws, repeat this procedure atfter each addtional five rounds until the trigger guard screws no longer work loose. The loosening is due to the action settling in the new stock.

A supplemental bushing is supplied for variations in trigger guard screws.

STOCK DAMAGE CAN OCCUR IF THE ABOVE STEPS ARE NOT FOLLOWED

The wood is proud of the trigger guard, and the floorplate is flush with the wood. I'd guess 1/8" or so needs to be removed.

With careful assembly I can get some pressure on the end of the barrel, but I don't think it's as much as the 8 - 10 lbs often cited.

The front band hole is ever so slightly off to the point it tips the front band down a little. I may plug and redrill to ensure the band doesn't contact the barrel.

Handguard looks like almost like a WWII profile and it came with the clips.

They still come pre stained dark walnut.

All in all a good buy for $165, even though the wood proud of the bottom metal may bug me to the point I have to put in some serious labor time.

[chuckindenver]

too much of a hit and miss., i will no longer fit and finish reproduction stocks.. too many quality control issues, from fitting to sanding marks, and accuarcy issues..
out of 10 or so that iv done...2 have been good, the rest have been, poo poo..

[Vulch]

The Boyds C stocks (2 of) I got many years ago took MANY weeks work to get right (one even longer, as I wanted it to look like a pre-war C). The one I did for a mates 03A4 restoration (and I think I did a great job of the bolt cut), took SO much fiddling with bedding that in the end, he ended up having it glass bedded. Settled it down - a LOT - but.... GRRRRR.

I got in a Boyds laminate stock for a large ring mauser for a friend. More headaches. Relatively well done, but what a lot of issues! From lots of high spots left, to swirl sander marks everywhere, to bedding issues - and this was a FINISHED, ready to go stock.

Still, all in all, 100000% better than any of the crud I have ever gotten from Henry... y'all know who I mean there! One .22 stock took me 5 months of FRUSTRATING work to even get respectable - not to my standard - before I could sell it off. The inletting for the metal was abominable, the triggerguiard especially. The wood was BEAUTIFUL, but oh the headaches involved! And it was NOT a cheap stock!

[Jim in Salt Lake]

I've bought four Boyd's stocks. First was an M1 carbine stock I bought to shoot the gun, I was told the original stock should be saved. Stock was fat but fit well. I bought it prefinished (wouldn't do that again). Next was a butt stock for a pre-war Marlin 39. Was WAY fat and inletting was horrible. After reading Vulch's post above, I now don't feel bad about the 3 months it took me to finish that. Next was one for my Greek 1903 that looked like it had been run over by a tank. I never did get that one finished, neither trigger guard screw was drilled correctly. Had to fill them with dowel and re-drill. End of stock was inletted bad for the butt plate. Before I could fix that, I found an Italian made stock at Sarco that fit beautifully with no work required. I wish I had bought several. So, it was with great trepidation that I ordered a CMP 1903 stock. It came fat but the holes and inletting were all good. The rifle shoots sub-MOA and I'm confident in the bedding. I have no more experience with the CMP stocks and feel like I gambled but came up a winner. All of the Boyd's stocks I bought, CMP included, have beautiful wood. That's what kept me going on the Marlin, But that stock for the Greek, it's still sitting in a corner of my shop. Expensive firewood.

[chuckindenver]

agreed, the Sile made stocks are the best...nicely fitted, and nice wood as well..

[Brazos]

I have a stunning 1903 C stock I bought from Dupage (assume its a Boyds) that I am working for my 1903 A1 USMC. The one issue I have found is that the rear bolt hole is oversize and the steel sleaves I have just drop through...

Have you seen that before? And what process was used to fix it?

[chuckindenver]

spread the bushing. it will fit tight

[Vulch]

Agree with Chuck - I spread it on my "pre-war C" style, and for the 03A4, I JB Weld Marine epoxied it in for him UNSPREAD.