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want to bed my 7mm & 338 ruger that has the older syn stock that is hollow for most of it it is the older stock with the thinner butt end stock (not sure what they actually call it)

They can be bedded. The Rugers are a bit trickier with the angled lug but doable. If the stocks are the ones I am thinking of that has the voids around the action area. You can either fill them or some people have made filler pieces epoxied in place first to cut down on using the bedding material.

yes they are the ones with the voids in them so maybe fill them with some lightweight wood or plastic maybe? thank you

Two words "carbon arrows" worth a try. Light, and ridged

There are some good threads here regarding this. It may be easier to google it to find them though..

"Canoe paddle" stock is the correct term.

I'd resist the temptation to start filling voids with bedding. At least with the Tupperware stocks used by Remington, doing so adds a lotta weight----------------ask me how I know. The old ruger stocks seem pretty solid stiff already, so I'd first try a dab of bedding at the recoil lug and see if your accuracy improves.

HERE is one of them.

On a 7mm & 338 I would want some weight just my preference

thanks for all the advice i have muzzle brakes on both so recoil is not a bruiser anymore the thread was great thanks 222rem gonna give it a shot this weekend

Don't bother messing with the forearm. On your particular stock the only place that is going to take a lot of bedding is around the lug since they cut it out so large. Rough up that plastic well, or the epoxy won't adhear.

thank you

Make them look like this (or better) and you'll be golden:




Here's a synthetic (all weather) stock I did:


Good luck with it and remember the release agent!!!

You can use a piece of Delrin or UHMW poly and bed it under the shank of the barrel to take up the space on the boat paddle stock. A couple carbon arrow shafts bedded into the foreend would make it much stiffer to avoid barrel contact on a floater.

Same can be done to the newer all weather stocks too:



This approach adds support under the chamber. The rest of the barrel can easily be freefloated without issues:


I also add a little epoxy to the void behind the recoil lug for even more rigidity: