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Spending almost $200 on an aftermarket stock turns a great shooting $400 rifle into a $600 rifle. I like the Rugers quite a bit, but not at $600. The stock wouldn't do a thing to improve accuracy and may well hurt it. If the stock is too slick a paint job with textured finish paint will do the job for $5.

The flimsy stock doesn't hurt a thing because they aren't bedded the same way conventional rifles are. The stock never touches the action. It is bolted to V blocks in the action. This is why I'm leery of fooling with an aftermarket stock. It can't help, and has the potential to make it less accurate. V blocks can be seen in the photos below.

Early rifles forends ends could flex enough to touch the barrel unless given a generous free float. Newer stocks are much stiffer.

Old stock



New stock