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The last couple of years my go to rifle has been a old pre warning Ruger m77 tang safety in 300win mag. Love the rifle, very accurate. I'd like to put a synthetic stock on it but can't seem to find one. I don't really wanna spend a hole lot on a stock. What's my options?


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I have a Bell & Carlsen on my M77 tang safety rifle. It weighs almost 8 oz less than the original walnut stock.

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Mc millan makes one called a Ruger R according to their website it only works for the tang safety.


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Originally Posted by Nate40
The last couple of years my go to rifle has been a old pre warning Ruger m77 tang safety in 300win mag. Love the rifle, very accurate. I'd like to put a synthetic stock on it but can't seem to find one. I don't really wanna spend a hole lot on a stock. What's my options?


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I also like the Bansner. Hard to beat a mcmillan too. Brown precision also made them for the Tangers.


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I put a McWoody on a Ruger tang safety rifle. I thought it turned out pretty good.

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Man those mcmillans are pricy?


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Yes they are, but they are nice. If you want to go cheap, there's always B&C and Ramline. Ebay has one for $78.00..


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Saw that oneWill the 300 fit a stock for a 30-06?


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Yep, it should. Barrel channel may need a little work though.


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Ive come close to buying a synthetic stoc k for my 7mm or more likely the 06 that wont group. But the 7 is bedded and free floated and shoots so well I don't really want to change anything. I'm guessing a Mcmillan might help accuracy but hard to imagine that from a Ramline - either way those tang safety Rugers are very good dependable rifles.

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Nate, the Bell&Carlson that's been mentioned is the "Carbelite". It is an old mold or whatever and if it ever was a drop-in fit, it isn't now. That said, if you're willing to have a good smith pillar bed it and custom fit it to your rifle, it makes for a fine replacement. I think they run around $160 or so, so in my case, I was right around the cost of a B/C Meadalist ($270) when all was said and done. They don't make the beddig block Medalist for the Rugers. I've even run a Ram-Line on one, and after a little tweaking and a decent webbed paint job, it perfomed and looked just fine.

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I have three McMillan stocked tang safety Rugers. Two have the long discontinued ultralight stock and one has a hunter stock.

Just looked at their website and it only mentions the Ruger R stock will fit the tang safety.

I would call them and ask if they could inlet one of the Mark II Ruger stocks. IMO The hunter stock is a much better shape than the R model.

You could get lucky and find a used ultralight or other version for sale. I found a ultralight here several years ago thanks to Rick Bin.

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john843 - have a circa 70's M77 tanger in .22/250 and swapped the OEM walnut for a Ramline. Looking for more utility and less worry about the walnut. Guess what...grew tired of the black syn stock and swapped back. Ramline was OK but nothing to write home about i.e. accuracy (1.5moa). Torquing the slanted screw to like 90 inch/pounds was a b***ch. Never felt comfortable about it. Homesteader.

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Pillars and glass bedding goes a long way, even on a cheap stock....Hint..


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Homesteader, never meant to imply that a Ramline and some of the cheaper fac. synthetics are in any way the equal of a really quality stock, but with a little work they can certainly be made adequate. Like bsa said, pillars and a careful bedding, usually requiring a mechanical bond with some anchor holes goes a long way. I have never bought a replacement stock hoping to get better performance out of a rifle. It's got to shoot or be capable of being made to shoot and when it has proved that, I may get an aftermarket for it to save a little weight, better handling, or even appearance. About the only exception to that was a M77 MII Utralight .308 that I bought new here on the 'fire. It is a Talo special that came with a beautiful circassian walnut stock and I knew I wouldn't be taking that into the woods. I was able to get the last Ruger fac. syn. with the ultralight barrel channel that Midway had. Got the angled pillar set from Stocky's and that tupperware has worked great. Put a Krylon desert tan with black webbing paint job on it and it looks decent to boot.

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Edm, nice, that thing looks all business. Is that a fac. or aftermarket front sight?

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