I have an old style Ruger synthetic stock, the version with the Ruger logo and name on both sides of the butt; what model/series/years of 77 fits in this stock?

I have an urge to make a scout, this will be rather like building a house around an old doorknob, but stranger things have been done.

thx

Is it the plastic "I" beam stock?

If you are going to buy a rifle to fit this stock.

I find a old mil surplus bubba sporter buy a ashly forward base for it and go that way.

I did two mil surplus bubba sporters that way and they turned out well as scout rifles.

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Originally posted by Westpac:
Is it the plastic "I" beam stock?

yes; with the screw-on checker panels, u-shaped sling swivels, etc.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
If you are going to buy a rifle to fit this stock.

I find a old mil surplus bubba sporter buy a ashly forward base for it and go that way.

I did two mil surplus bubba sporters that way and they turned out well as scout rifles.

-got two in the works already, '95 mauser and a krag.

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Originally posted by tin can:

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Originally posted by Westpac:
Is it the plastic "I" beam stock?

yes; with the screw-on checker panels, u-shaped sling swivels, etc.

It's a 77 Mk II.

Commonly referred to as the "paddlestick" stock.

I would find a Ruger 77 MII and put it in the stock and then do what you want to it above the barrel. I have a Ruger '06 so stocked and it has never moved Zero in any weather and any treatment since 1992.
Or if that stock you have is a Short Action stock, sell it to me and start with another kind of doorknob!
dmw

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Originally posted by Fury01:
I would find a Ruger 77 MII and put it in the stock and then do what you want to it above the barrel. I have a Ruger '06 so stocked and it has never moved Zero in any weather and any treatment since 1992.
Or if that stock you have is a Short Action stock, sell it to me and start with another kind of doorknob!
dmw

are there two Ruger action sizes short/long?

I was hoping to end up with a .308; how can I tell what length action the stock takes, if there is such a difference?

thx.

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Originally posted by Westpac:


It's a 77 Mk II.

-thx, appreciated.

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Originally posted by 505G:
Commonly referred to as the "paddlestick" stock.

dat's da one

After digging around a bit, I find the short and long action dimensions-

Ruger M77 MkII

SA- 7-3/16"

LA- 7-7/8"

After downloading an M77 manual and deducing by comparing the photos against the stock inletting it appears I have 7-3/16's between points I'm assuming the receiver would be measured from while in the stock.

FWIW, the stock also has a large "413" cast in the bottom/rear of the forend channel.

-so I'll assume I have a stock inletted for a MkII SA, and as Jeff Cooper specified, it will be in .308.

When I locate a donor I'd like to have a charger slot milled in the rear bridge- is this possible with the integral scope base?

thx.

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Originally posted by tin can:
After digging around a bit

this is the real deal: