Ruger American .30-06 w/ Boyd's laminate stock.

Been threatening to do this for a while.

Before.


After.


Next to my GSR.


Initial impressions are it's a very well made stock for something that is only $140 and essentially a drop-in replacement. Fitting isn't quite as close as the factory GSR stock, especially around the safety but I haven't tried centering up the action at all and I still have to bed the steel lugs. Very solid feel, the forearm on the stock is a little thicker and an inch longer than factory and while you could flex the factory stock enough to touch the barrel by shifting weight on the bipod, that isn't going to happen easily with this stock. I might have to do very slight clearancing to make sure it's full free-floated but I doubt that would take more than 10 minutes with fine sandpaper and a dowel. As far as handling it feels the same in terms of cheek weld and grip around to the trigger, little more weight towards the front compared to how it was with my silicone-filled factory stock but centers on the front end of the magazine well with everything on it. Magazine fits better than stock, no play and drops out better. No issues with cycling the dummy rounds I have. Sadly the factory shoulder pad is not interchangeable from the factory stock, even if I ground off the lip to allow a flush fit the screw holes are in different locations. So far 8/10 would bang and that might go up after I get it bedded and it does well at the range.