Boyds Rapid stock

[angrybear]

So how about the laminates then ?

I didn't ask specifically about mine, I said it was taken as fact that they made the laminates, could they confirm that ? & did they make any others in solid walnut ?

[Squinty]

Possible are they bought inleted stocks or partial blanks and had them machined to fit Rapids although there tends to be more material mid to front on a Rapid than many rifle stocks.
The lamiantes are decidedly Rapid shaped tip to tail which would mean quite a bit of machining to a part cut stock in a different style.

Theoben paired up with several manufacterers over the years, .
Also I believe the partnership that bought the company was registered under a different name ( they financed Theoben and took the assets before calling in the recievers) so entirely possible that Theoben wasn't the one on the invoice.

Or they bought laminate & Boyd recoil pads and either CS or Gary Cane machined them up.
The issue with lamiante was time and longevity of tooling..thats enough to limnit production.