Issues with my new Boyd stock.

[golfer2b2000]

I just purchased a Remington 308 barreled action. The barrel at the receiver measures 1.250. It gently goes down to 1.125 at the muzzle. It is also a blind magazine, so I am limited to stocks for it. I also am just making it a single shot.
After purchasing this stock I went to work opening up the channel to accept this beast. Finally getting it opened up and checking clearances, I placed the action into the rifle. I just purchased a Timney trigger for it also. I put the action, and barrel into the stock. Everything looked good. I put the screws into the stock, and into the action. Upon tightening up the screws, and not very tight, I noticed that the trigger would not function, and when it did, the pull was extremely hard. This action was on a Choate stock at first, and when I put the action back on it, the rifle performs nicely.
I really havent had the time to look more deeply to see where the problem may lie as of yet.
I was just wondering where I might look first. It's hard to believe that I am putting a bind on the action to cause this, but again, I don't usually work on rifles. I expect the problem to be somewhere in the trigger well.
Just looking for some help on this.
Thank you

 

[tobnpr]

Walker, or X-Mark Pro (pre, or post 2006)?
Either way, it's gotta be binding on either the side, or bottom of the trigger inlet. My experience with Boyd's is it's the bottom...

If you don't have any inletting black, or other "transfer" medium- try taking a small piece of masking tape that'll fit down into the very bottom of the inlet, and place it sticky side up and see if it makes contact.

 

[Ggmac]

Could be the trigger slot its self . Not wide or long enough

 

[Uncle Grinch]

Your action may not be square to the inletted area and when you tighten the action screws it’s twisting the action causing the trigger to bind.

 

[golfer2b2000]

I went down today, with a clear head and tried to diagnose the problem...
Looks like what is happenning is that when I tighten the action screws it is pulling the triggerguard up into the trigger. Thus causing a heavy trigger pull. Soooooo....
I can do one of three things.
I can put a shim between the triggerguard, and the stock to shim the triggerguard away from the stock...
Take a dremel tool, and remove metal from the triggerguard that is directly underneath the trigger,oorrrr
Grind 1/16 off the bottom of my new Timney trigger...
Any thoughts???

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I went down today, with a clear head and tried to diagnose the problem...
Looks like what is happenning is that when I tighten the action screws it is pulling the triggerguard up into the trigger. Thus causing a heavy trigger pull. Soooooo....
I can do one of three things.
I can put a shim between the triggerguard, and the stock to shim the triggerguard away from the stock...
Take a dremel tool, and remove metal from the triggerguard that is directly underneath the trigger,oorrrr
Grind 1/16 off the bottom of my new Timney trigger...
Any thoughts???

Id pillar bed it (needs that anyway) and make sure the pillars set the floorplate where it needs to be. Boyds stocks are not drop in.

 

[golfer2b2000]

Yeah..I found that out...

 

[Twdmar]

Boyds makes a good stock but they need some work. For now, get some masking tape and put a few layers on the trigger guard where it goes into the stock. 3 or 4 layers will probably do the trick. This will allow you to rule out your action fit before you go nuts.
Dusty Stevens is correct though, pillar bed it and you'll be much happier.

 

[tobnpr]

What Dusty said..
Any rifle in a wood stock should be pillar bedded. But if you need a quick/dirty fix you can just bed the bottom metal for now. Same end result as using shims- but easier and permanent.

 

[golfer2b2000]

I took my Dremel tool and cut approx. .050 off the bottom of the trigger. Buffed it out and you cant even tell it was cut off. Clears the trigger guard easily. It's now put together, and I want to get it out and shoot it.
I really have no idea as to how to pillar bed a stock. Or even just to bottom bed a stock.

 

[joshb]

I took my Dremel tool and cut approx. .050 off the bottom of the trigger. Buffed it out and you cant even tell it was cut off. Clears the trigger guard easily. It's now put together, and I want to get it out and shoot it.
I really have no idea as to how to pillar bed a stock. Or even just to bottom bed a stock.

Look thru my stock making thread. It’s in there and pretty easy to do.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

You can also put tape or shims under the floorplate like was said above

 

[golfer2b2000]

Yes, and understood. I felt I could either do it the way you said, I could have ground stock off the triggerguard as to where the trigger was touching, or be very careful removing stock from the bottom of the trigger. I just opted to do the latter because I was more comfortable doing so...

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Yes, and understood. I felt I could either do it the way you said, I could have ground stock off the triggerguard as to where the trigger was touching, or be very careful removing stock from the bottom of the trigger. I just opted to do the latter because I was more comfortable doing so...

Hows the magazine box tightness and the feeding? The reason we suggested spacing out the floorplate is because if you had to cut the trigger the action has to be either sitting too far down in the stock or the inletting for the floorplate is too deep. Either way itll crunch the magazine box tight and really cause quirky issues. Just trying to head that off if its an issue

 

[golfer2b2000]

I'm using it as a single shot. I just put a PTG single shot follower in it which I purchased from a member on here. So magazine issues will not exist. But I believe what you are saying would be true.

 

[Twdmar]

I took my Dremel tool and cut approx. .050 off the bottom of the trigger. Buffed it out and you cant even tell it was cut off. Clears the trigger guard easily. It's now put together, and I want to get it out and shoot it.
I really have no idea as to how to pillar bed a stock. Or even just to bottom bed a stock.

Bed it. It takes a few hours and costs about 40 bucks. If you need advice, lots of people here are happy to help.

 

[golfer2b2000]

OK..I will do some homework..

 

[Dusty Stevens]

OK..I will do some homework..

Theres a thread i put on here titled “quick bedding tutorial”. Im also available for any help you need pertaining to that

 

[AlNyhus]

I strongly suggest that you invest in having a quality pillar bedding job done. You'll save more in components, time and frustration than you'll spend for a professional bedding job.

Good shootin' -Al

 

[Richard Jones]

Just FYI, Dusty's tutorial is worth way more than most folks realize. Just one of the many things that the experts share without compensation. This site is a gold mine of info if you take the time to dig.....