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My first boat paddle stock, home to a blued .300WM, looked like that. Right away I called Ruger and ordered the Zytel inserts and the proper (different) screws for them. Much better! You wouldn't happen to stil have them would you? Nope. Gave them away for free and paid the shipping, too. (Felt like they deserved a good home...) The panels are fairly thin and I was concerned they would eventually crack and be irreplaceable. No such worries with the Zytel. Here's the .300WM, on top. The bottom rifle is the stainless .30-06 shown in a previous post. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/IMG_1162.JPG) The .30-06 came in a nice nutmeg laminate stock as shown below. The other two rifles in the picture are my Ruger MKII and Remington M700 .30-06s. The boat paddle stock and the Ruger MKII action became the .338 WM shown previously. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/IMG_10281.JPG) The boat paddle stocks may not be works of beauty but they are very functional - fairly light, impervious to weather, nearly indestructible, scratches and dings don't cause me angst, and every rifle I have in one shoots great.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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I have purchased two in 260. The first printed 2.5 in or larger groups. The barrel channel was fairly open, but there is a pressure pad near the front of the stock.
I floated the barrel and glassed in the action....no change.
I sent the rifle in to Ruger and had the stock replaced with a factory laminate. It also had a pressure pad near the front of the stock. The rifle still grouped as badly as before the stock replacement.
I sanded out the pressure pad and glassed in the action.....no change, unless you count the fact that the groups moved down more than six inches on the target.
The second rifle, identical to the first, shot slightly better. I installed the glassed and floated stock onto the second rifle. It did not help it any either.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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I have purchased two in 260. The first printed 2.5 in or larger groups. The barrel channel was fairly open, but there is a pressure pad near the front of the stock.
I floated the barrel and glassed in the action....no change.
I sent the rifle in to Ruger and had the stock replaced with a factory laminate. It also had a pressure pad near the front of the stock. The rifle still grouped as badly as before the stock replacement.
I sanded out the pressure pad and glassed in the action.....no change, unless you count the fact that the groups moved down more than six inches on the target.
The second rifle, identical to the first, shot slightly better. I installed the glassed and floated stock onto the second rifle. It did not help it any either. sounds like you just had a bad barrel,...shoulda asked Ruger to rebarrel it. I've heard that 260's, or anythhing in 6.5 is a one holer just cuz of the great .264" bullets..:-)
"after the bullet leaves the barrel it doesn't care what headstamp was on the case"
"The 221 Fireball is what the Hornet could have been had it stayed in school"
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Ruger said the barrel "met their standards".
One of these days, when the coin is available, it will go to Pac-nor. I just have to decide which flavor it will come home as, I am not as enamored of the 260 as I expected to be.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Ruger said the barrel "met their standards".
One of these days, when the coin is available, it will go to Pac-nor. I just have to decide which flavor it will come home as, I am not as enamored of the 260 as I expected to be. good plan,....consider a 7mm-08
"after the bullet leaves the barrel it doesn't care what headstamp was on the case"
"The 221 Fireball is what the Hornet could have been had it stayed in school"
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I still miss the old stainless boat paddle Ruger 270 WIN.
I had years ago.The best beat the he!! out of it deer gun
I EVER owned.
I would like to find a factory boat paddle stock that would fit my Ruger RSI 77 Stainless 7mm-08.The Mannlicher stock is nice to look at but not very practical for hunting here in WET Alabama.
AMRA
Last edited by AMRA; 08/26/12.
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Yup, I have a 260 I put in factory wood and like the look very much. I just screwed it in and added a set of ruger mounts with a m8 6x on it and it shoots factory 7/8 in. as is. What's not to love? I did the same thing with mine, shoots under MOA. Is one of my favorite rifles now.
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