I bought a Richard's stock which was supposed to be AA Fancy walnut. I would say it's neither AA or fancy, but it is a pretty nice piece of wood. The inletting was perfect but the exterior was only one step up up from a log, plus it was HUGE. It was sold as "Unfinished and ready for final sanding and finish". What a joke!
I'm sure half the weight of the stock wound up on my shop floor. I'm an experienced woodworker with all the appropriate tools, but if you hope to finish your Richard's stock with a piece of 100 grit sand paper, you're in for an unpleasant surprise. The stock, except for the very accurate inletting, looked like it was made by a chain-saw sculptor. My first tool was a table saw, the second one a big band-saw.
It took a LOT of work over many days, but must be said the finished product is quite nice and I get a lot of complements. But it took a long while to get the stock delivered and the Richard's customer service was horrible; nearly impossible to contact anyone either by Email or telephone.
My several Boyd's stocks are a great value. My last one took about a week to arrive and it was completely ready to mount my barreled action and shoot, a process which would have taken two minutes had I not elected to epoxy bed the action. Plus it was inexpensive.
My next stock will be a Boyd's too.
I'm sure half the weight of the stock wound up on my shop floor. I'm an experienced woodworker with all the appropriate tools, but if you hope to finish your Richard's stock with a piece of 100 grit sand paper, you're in for an unpleasant surprise. The stock, except for the very accurate inletting, looked like it was made by a chain-saw sculptor. My first tool was a table saw, the second one a big band-saw.
It took a LOT of work over many days, but must be said the finished product is quite nice and I get a lot of complements. But it took a long while to get the stock delivered and the Richard's customer service was horrible; nearly impossible to contact anyone either by Email or telephone.
My several Boyd's stocks are a great value. My last one took about a week to arrive and it was completely ready to mount my barreled action and shoot, a process which would have taken two minutes had I not elected to epoxy bed the action. Plus it was inexpensive.
My next stock will be a Boyd's too.
So, rather than try getting on the phone and ripping someones face off, I chose to drop them a note by snail mail. At the time, better for all involved.
Had to tell them "more than once" that the first stock was sold and didn't have to be returned.
Out of all the stocks I've bought from Richard's Micro-Fit over the years, only one was returned and that was because of a color difference than what I had expected.
