Project: converting a carbine to long rifle

[Dick Hosmer]

No, more like 1903.

Supposedly a VERY small number may have been assembled in 1904, but nothing (in the way of newly-produced service rifles) after that.

[M2Phil]

Concerning Boyd's Krag stocks...I have used their stocks to restore many vintage rifles and have always been pleased. I read the reports about how horrible their Krag stocks were and to be honest I was a bit skeptical about the negative reviews. I should have heeded everyone's warnings! The first stock I received was not even completed...the wood was just "hogged" out, barrel channel was off-center, the cut for the band spring was not there, etc... I could go on and on. It was so bad that I took photos and sent them to customer service. They sent me a new stock which was not much better, but I had to pay the shipping fees to ship the first stock to me and then back to Boyd's. Then, I also had to pay shipping to me for the second stock!!!!! Their customer service attitude was pretty much "too bad." I will never buy another Boyd's stock as long as I have any other option.

daveboy

It's difficult to describe the feeling you get when you take THAT out of the box.
In addition to what Daveboy has already listed, the sideplate area was solid wood, the buttplate area had to be shaped and inletted for the tang, rough grooves routed for triggerguard and butt swivel, rough shallow groove for grasping grooves. No screw holes drilled, but that was a good thing, considering... As stated, you'd do better to start out with a walnut plank.

[LARscout]

I can confirm alot of the horror stories about Boyds vintage stocks. None of my swivel mounts fit in their channels, the sideplate section still needs to be cut out and like Phil said, maybe 1/2 of the holes for the screws were drilled out.
Butt end is about 1/4in too wide on each side of the butt plate, so thats gonna require a good deal of sanding. As well as sanding of the toe of the stock.

I like the color, thats about it. It'll match the 1901 handguard repro.
This will be the last rifle I build and what a rifle it will be...
My 1903 will be jealous.