I'm sure this has been talked about before but I'm curious if there is any new info. Is there a direct bolt in stock that fits the 375 ruger alaskan? I was thinking of a model 77 laminate stock. Will it need bedded or do you guys think it will bolt right in and have the strength needed? Thanks.

If you mean the Ruger M77 Mark II medium action (30-06 or .338WinMag etc.),
yes, any of the laminate, tupperware, canoe paddle, or walnut stocks will fit the Hawkeye African or Alaskan.
As long as the barrel channel is big enough or is scraped and sanded to fit, it will be a drop-in fit for the Hawkeye.

Yes, any laminate used with a .375 Ruger or .416 Ruger ought to be glass bedded, crossbolted, and pillar bedded to best of gunsmith ability.
The 45-degree pillar on the front is tricky.

I'd just stick with the canoe paddle or tupperware plastic, or get one of the composite synthetics or laminates or walnut stocks with full bedding block: B&C, Accurate Innovations,if they make one for Rugers, or that other company from Rapid City, SD, that is still in Rapid City, SD.

correction, ruger m77 mkII has a short and long action. there is no medium. the RSM is/was a magnum, and there are no aftermarket stocks available, afaik

Well, EXCUSE ME.
OK. Long action Ruger M77 Mark II, by Ruger designation only, which is actually a medium length action (30-06, .338WinMag, etc.) with 3.4" box, for 3.338" max COL.

I said nothing about a "magnum" action,
and yes, afaik too, no RSM synthetic stocks.

I have a composite synthetic stock for the Ruger MKII LONG ACTION with full aluminum bedding block, bought it at Sportsman's Warehouse in Wichita, Kansas in 2006.
Mass produced by ... H-S Precision, of Rapid City, SD.
My .375 Ruger African is in it right now.
It came with a glass bedding kit consisting of a small amount of epoxy putty to be mixed and used at the primary recoil lug only.

It is a drop-in fit, but any drop-in ought to be done with a wee bit of epoxy bedding for best accurracy, even with a full aluminum bedding block. The HS-Precision does have a 45-degree aluminum bedding point for the front action screw.
Sacrifice a Hogue stock to get that aluminum front pillar for another stock.

http://www.hsprecision.com/shop/stocks/pss033.html

B&C does not make their Medalist stock for the Hawkeye.. Which is unfortunate. I have chosen a MCM stock instead for my 375 Ruger Alaskan and is 100% satisfied (as usual with MCM stocks).
On my new 500 AccRel (made from a Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan) I have chosen a laminate stock from Accurate Innovations with a full alu bedding block. I am sure I will be very satisfied with this one.. According to Michael458 they are almost unbreakable..

Rip,
not picking on you, and i wasn't' being a jerk. a fellow in gunsmithing was hunting a replacement stock, and ordered the wrong one, due to designation issues-- he wrongly thought "long" was their largest stock. ruger calls the 30-06 length action the 'long'. medium isn't a ruger designation for stocks. "magnum" is the RSM .... which you know shouldn't even be considered the same model

short, long, mag
http://www.bellandcarlson.com/product10.html

Doesn't Boyds make a laminated laminated stock for the Ruger?

I was wondering the same thing. Boyd stocks are alot chaper than the accurate innovation stocks. Now I know the AI stock is better but it cost ALOT more.

The Bell & Carlson "Carbelite Classic" has been offered for the Ruger MkII M77 Long action for almost twenty years.
That will fit any of the Hawkeyes, African or Alaskan.
It is not the "Medalist" with full aluminum bedding block, but it is a lot less expensive.
But it can be glass bedded and do just fine.
I have several of those, Ruger, Mauser, Winchester, and never a problem.

Surely Boyds makes a Ruger MKII M77 Long Action laminate.
That fits any Hawkeye too, I am sure.
Only issue is making the barrel channel fit, by scraping, sanding and glass bedding, with pillars and crossbolts.

Sacrifice that Hogue stock for the pillars and use them in the Boyd laminate.