45cal
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Boyds quality has been going down and their prices have been going up for quite a long time now. Even so I decided to take a chance and upgrade my CVA Optima V2. My mistake. The wood is really rough on the inletting in the forend. There isn't enough wood on the top rear edge to cover frame cutout leaving a gap. The buttstock also doesn't have enough wood on the top edge to cover the frame cutout also leaving a gap. The buttstock also didn't come with a swivel stud. Overall the fit really sucks and the finish is just okay. Definitely not worth the money spent as well as the 1.5 month wait. If I could have found a better laminated wood stock I would have ordered one but didn't see any. I'll be keeping the buttstock and forend and see if I can somehow make it fit better. This is the last order that I'll place with Boyds. I would think long and hard about other stock options before ordering any stock from them.
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