625" making it the perfect material to use for this purpose. 630" side-to-side and the outside dimension of commonly available ½" aluminum c-channel is. Bridges the trigger guard to the bottom metal, effectively creating a rigid "chassis" to add strength and stabilityīy amazing coincidence, the bottom of the inletting above the rear action screw measures.Reinforces the stock where the most amount of wood is removed.Serves as a platform/pillar reinforcement for the rear pillar.The heart of this modification is the fitting and installing a metal insert made out of ½" aluminum c-channel that will serve the following purposes This post will detail the way I went about doing so with common hand tools, less than $35 in locally available hardware and plenty of time, planning and patience. It's apparent that if there was a way to better secure the pillars, the connection between receiver and stock would be much more robust, ensuring maximum accuracy and durability. Having used a couple of stocks with aluminum bedding blocks for centerfire rifles, I began working on a way to reinforce the Boyd's stock in a similar fashion. The disadvantage of this arrangement is that wood can swell and contract with temperature and moisture content, and action screw torque can have a significant impact on accuracy. Without pillars, the laminated wood is compressed between the receiver on the top and the magazine surround metal on the bottom when the action screws are tightened. The main problem remains that there is simply not much material to actually secure the pillars to which results in pillars breaking lose, especially in field conditions where the barrel can be bumped on the ground, into a branch, etc. There are many threads in various forums (such as this one) by people who have attempted to pillar bed these stocks to maximize accuracy, with varying degrees of success. Everyone knows the main issue with these stocks: they are aggressively inletted leaving little material under the receiver. As a result, the rifle shoots very well.Īfter much thought and research, I ordered a Boyd's Rimfire Hunter stock in Nutmeg to replace the Tupperware. The front and rear stand-offs under the receiver sit on the stock's molded-in "pillars" making a repeatable connection that can be tightened without fear of damaging anything. The plastic stock, though giving the rifle a rather "economy model" look is actually quite functional, at least in terms of the way the barreled action is secured to it.
I've owned my MKll FV for about year and have been very pleased for the money spent. I share this project here for informational purposes only. MKll-FV Build - Pillars & Bedding for the Boyds' Laminate Stockĭisclaimer - I am a "hobbyist gunsmith" who has been tinkering with my own guns for over 30 years.
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