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I didn't take project pictures on this one. There wasn't really too much to show. I just hogged out a bunch of the forend, laid a couple sections of arrow shaft in there, and bedded it with Acraglass gel died gray to match the stock.

After missing them when they were originally offered, I came across one of the limited run LH 375 Ruger in the stainless/laminated version. Not wanting to butcher on the original stock, I found another laminated Hawkeye stock. I cut it to my length and added a Decellerator sporting clays pad. It has a hard plastic insert at the heel to reduce the likelihood that it will hang up on your clothes when mounting the gun. I also drilled out a big portion of the butt stock as well as hogging out the foreend and inserting arrow shafts. I inlet a reinforcing screw in the bedding of the stock, just behind the recoil lug.



Total weight with this 4x Conquest is 8# 11 oz.



I'll bet that this is going to be a really practical rig. Assuming it shoots, it may well be going to Zimbabwe with me in August 2012. There have also times when hunting around Yellowstone Park in active grizzly bear country that I have come out after dark, and I don't recall wishing I was carrying a smaller caliber.

Utah,

What are those arrow shafts with Acru Gel (aluminum shafts I presume) going to add to that laminated stock? I understand hogging out material to lighten a stock, but laminated stocks are pretty stable and quite stiff already.

But your question is certainly a reasonable one because laminated stocks are quite rigid.
Sounds OK, just currious regarding your reasoning on that one.

DF