I've been looking at doing some home gun smithing to the stock of my early 90's vintage Ruger M77 Mark II all weather .338 win mag.
Since it's not the best shooter I started with free floating the barrel. thought it would be pretty easy but learned very quickly that they have alot ot forearm up preesure on the barrel. In addition the rubber/plastiic stock material does not repond well to sandpaper. seems like it loads the grit up with plastic in about 5 seconds. Finnally got that completed with decent results of maybe 1/16-3/32 gap between the barrel and the stock.
Now i want to epoxy bed the action but the angeled front receiver screw is a little funny. The rear lug has verty little area to work with as well. I need some advice.
- What material bonds well to the Ruger all wether stocks?
- Where can i create some sapce for bedding?
- Is there a pillar bedding an otopn for the all weather stocks/
Any help would be great. I'm trying to convert this hunting rifle into a big bore long range outfit.
What aftermarket stock would be best for this rifle as a long range rig?
Thanks