Iv'e bedded plenty of Ruger 77s before and never had a problem. Just did recoil lug area. One issue is that it is a full-length stock so hard to get a purchase on barrel end. It has moved enough from rocking it a bit that I can't get action screw back in, not that that would help with ruger. Tried putting it in freezer for a couple hours but no change so far. Any thoughts? I'm not completely freaked out if I have to destroy the stock as it is my first full stock, so I did it out of a laminate blank. So other than my time the wood cost about $75. Would like to salvage it though if possible.

leverage. Does a Ruger 77 lift straight out?

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Originally posted by richj:
leverage. Does a Ruger 77 lift straight out?

Yes, thanks, I'll see if I can make that work.

Try installing 1" scope rings and clamp a 1 inch pipe in place of the scope. This will give you a handle to get some leverage on it. The stock can be clamped into a padded vise by the forend and the butt held down with a padded barclamp or equivalent to your bench.

Got it
Totally my fault as there is two small indentations on lower of right side of bottoming flat. I forgot to put a little clay in them for some reason. Will not do that again!

Three possible outcomes; if it is glued in, it will come out when you apply pressure with the fixture pictured above. Yes Rugers some straight out; only the screw is slanted.
Or it will pull out a chunk of wood.
Now, if it is Locked in, as in bedding in a recess, it will break something; wood, or bedding.
I use Johnson's paste wax, for decades. Which they quit making.
Now, two hours in the freezer is not long enough.
If it is loose, hit the comb on a padded surface; inertia will drop the metal out. Usually. Don't break the wrist.

Thanks for all the ideas. Have never stuck one before so have never had to think about it. Came out no issues with the clamp after the rest of the day in the freezer, just two little bumps to scrape off and we should be good to go

Here's how I get them unstuck. Get hold of a pre nanny state clothes iron. The kind that doesn't shut itself off if you let it sit still for 30 seconds. I got a Sherman tank like 1950's Sunbeam at a thrift store for five bucks. Put rifle in a rest and get it fairly level, screw a one piece scope rail to the receiver. At the forend tip put a long, thin rubber stopper between the bottom of the barrel and the stock to act as a wedge. Put it in fairly tight. Set the iron on low heat, put it on the scope base, and go away for a while. You may need to reinsert the stopper a little after it starts to lift. Once it breaks free, you can remove the iron and "seesaw" the barreled action out by toggling the barrel back down and putting another soft wedge under the tang and then pull the barrel up. I use a chopstick. Move your wedge in as you go and it'll be out and you'll have a good gun and stock left over.

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Try installing 1" scope rings and clamp a 1 inch pipe in place of the scope. This will give you a handle to get some leverage on it. The stock can be clamped into a padded vise by the forend and the butt held down with a padded barclamp or equivalent to your bench.

This is a good start. Drill and tap a hole midway down the pipe and insert an automobile bearing puller. Slap it a few times. Should pop right out.

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Originally posted by ggruber:

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Try installing 1" scope rings and clamp a 1 inch pipe in place of the scope. This will give you a handle to get some leverage on it. The stock can be clamped into a padded vise by the forend and the butt held down with a padded barclamp or equivalent to your bench.

This is a good start. Drill and tap a hole midway down the pipe and insert an automobile bearing puller. Slap it a few times. Should pop right out.

Sounds to me like a recipe for disaster; and breaking the stock in half

did you forget to put some plumbers putty around the front wedge?

i have had decent (3/4) luck with fixing stuck stocks (2 were my screws ups, 2 were friends) by the following -- NOTE THIS IS CERTAIN TO SCREW UP

put in action screw blanks in the two main screws, on the ruger, turn the stock upside down, and with a deadfall hammer, give the screw heads a good RAP which holding on the stock - this MIGHT work, it might break/tearout the stock

decfon 5 - holding the stock upside down in your off hand, hitting the barrel with a rubber mallet -- and not a love tap, to make it pivot, as the barrel is a lever

then tap the action screws a couple times with the dead fall, then repeat with the mallet ..

of course, you could just leave it glued in, drill out for the angled front action screw, and reassemble - this isn't the greatest possible outcome, but the gun would still be functional and the stock won't be firewoodd

I have had a couple well stuck. Leaving it overnight in the woodshed on a -40 night, and they come right out! 2 hours freezer time is not enough for sure.