Soon will be converting a Ruger 300 Win Mag to a 416 Ruger. Stock is a factory Ruger laminate. Once the barreled action is ready I plan to glass it but how should the stock be pinned? Brownells sells a stock pin kit but was wondering if I can just drill a couple of well placed holes and then screw some threaded brass rod covered with acraglass through the holes and then make the ends of the rod fit flush?
Do you think I would need to drill a hole down the grip and insert a long metal pin or are these stocks pretty tough?

If the threaded brass rod is a good idea what size should be used and where can it be purchased?
Thanks in advance.

Or you could countersink the holes and fill them with ebony plugs. I think the purpose built cross bolt kits look pretty nice. My laminated stocks are on a 223 and 308 but my impression is a fella wouldn't absolutely need to reinforce the grip but if you're a belt and suspenders sort of guy you might as well do it before you glass the action.

I use 1/4"-20 set screws about 1 1/4" long. Drill the holes using #7 drill then tap with extra long tap. Slather on acra-glass and screw them in and plug with ebony. I'd also recommend a second recoil lug mounted on the barrel.

Thanks. Where can you pick up ebony plugs?

nother easy thing to do is to put a piece of wire mesh in the accraglas behind the recoil lugs

Never saw any commercially available ebony plugs. I use a plug cutter mounted in a drill press. Practice on some clamped down hardwood scrap, ebony is too expensive to learn on. Plug should stand proud of the stock, then cut and sanded down. May be more trouble than its worth.

I turn them on my lathe.