I have a Ruger Alaskan with a Hogue Overmolded stock. At 13-3/4", the length of pull is way too long for me.

How do you shorten one of these things? Seems like it would be difficult to neatly cut that rubbery stock neatly. Can any gunsmith do this? Or do I need to send it to a specialist?

By the way, Houge replaced my .375 stocks so I've got two extra. Should be fine for .270-.30-06 class Ruger actions. If anyone wants one or two, I'll let 'em go for chump change.

It depends on how much you want to shorten it.

Plan on replacing the recoil pad, so decide what new pad you want to figure out how much LOP and where to cut the stock.

Mine, I just used a belt sander but didn't take off a whole lot. If I were, I'd first tape the stock with masking tape, scribe my line with a fine tipped sharpie and use a bandsaw or tablesaw if available, or a fine toothed brand new hacksaw blade if a power doodad wasn't.

I used a Pachmayr 500B recoil pad and the mounting holes lined up. If I were to take off a lot more stock I'd probably have to glue a wooden block inside first for at least one screw to bite into.

Grizzly Albert,
I have the pillar bedded Hogue on a Howa...

The recoil pad comes off in the usual manner ie by removing two concealed screws

Once you remove the pad you will see that the stock is essentially hollow and so in turn is the recoil pad..

I would think it would be fairly easy to cut through the stock...I would maybe put it in the freezer first to harden up the rubber to make it cut better. I would probably score the rubber with a box cutter and then cut using a very fine toothed panel saw...

Once done, you would need to see if rubber was still bonded to the plastic frame near the cut, and re-glue if required..You also need to glue a couple of blocks inside the stock for the recoil pad screws to fix into...

If you shorted the stock to any degree you'd probably need a bigger recoil pad as the old one wouldn't fit...

If you have a spare stock, I would practice on that...

BTW what was the issue with the original stocks that made Ruger replace them?

Regards,

Pete

Pete,

I think the recoil from the .375 Ruger loosened something on a few stocks so Hogue replaced 'em all.

Thanks for the advice.

Grizzly