CodeWarrior1241
Active Member
Hi all,
Just picked up a new CZ 455 with the Boyd's Evolution stock... I began shooting just before SB281 passed just as 22LR became harder to obtain, so this is both my first 22 bolt, and my first wood stock on any firearm.
Couldn't be happier with it. Haven't gotten glass on it yet - I have a Vortex Diamondback 4-12x40mm scope left over from previous builds, so as soon as the rings come in I'll mount it and take it out. The stock does look interesting, but it is phenomenal to handle - feels really balanced, very comfortable to hold. Even though this is not a light rifle by any means, with the crazy thick bull barrel, the weight is distributed well.
Looking at it this morning less than 24 hours after I go it, I saw a scratch on the stock. I have no woodworking experience, and all of my previous long gun builds had zero wood content in them, so I have no idea what to do with this. Is this normal - could it come from the factory this way? Alternatively, are there ways of dealing with this that don't involve refinishing the whole stock? Or do scratches like this come all the time and it's not worth worrying about them?
The goal of me owning this rifle is to have a cheap plinker for friends and also something my daughter will be able to shoot in the near future, does wood scratch this easily normally? The ceracoat on my semiautos doesn't scratch no matter what I do to it, but I guess that's not really relevant to wood...
Just picked up a new CZ 455 with the Boyd's Evolution stock... I began shooting just before SB281 passed just as 22LR became harder to obtain, so this is both my first 22 bolt, and my first wood stock on any firearm.
Couldn't be happier with it. Haven't gotten glass on it yet - I have a Vortex Diamondback 4-12x40mm scope left over from previous builds, so as soon as the rings come in I'll mount it and take it out. The stock does look interesting, but it is phenomenal to handle - feels really balanced, very comfortable to hold. Even though this is not a light rifle by any means, with the crazy thick bull barrel, the weight is distributed well.
Looking at it this morning less than 24 hours after I go it, I saw a scratch on the stock. I have no woodworking experience, and all of my previous long gun builds had zero wood content in them, so I have no idea what to do with this. Is this normal - could it come from the factory this way? Alternatively, are there ways of dealing with this that don't involve refinishing the whole stock? Or do scratches like this come all the time and it's not worth worrying about them?
The goal of me owning this rifle is to have a cheap plinker for friends and also something my daughter will be able to shoot in the near future, does wood scratch this easily normally? The ceracoat on my semiautos doesn't scratch no matter what I do to it, but I guess that's not really relevant to wood...
