Help me pick a stock for my .375 Ruger

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I finally realize what women go through when they are picking out shoes. I have a .375 Ruger African, I took the walnut stock off that rifle and put it on a .280 I have. The B&C synthetic that was on the .280 went on the .375. The .280 looks great in walnut and I've heard stories of the African's splitting their walnut stocks. Well the synthetic looked ugly on the .375 so I ordered a Boyds laminate, which I'm undecided on. If the laminate or synthetic go on the .375 I'll be pulling out the sling stud and if the .280 gets the walnut it will need one. So before I get out the bedding compound, how would you arrange these stocks?
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Put the Boyd's on the .280 and the walnut back on the 375. I bet the African's that have split their stocks were not glass bed or if they were they weren't done properly/well. I think anything with iron's needs to have nice wood! :)
 
unlucky guy ... imagine if you were left hand users of a ruger hawkeye ....

i just changed my wood for a laminated stock on my 30-06 and ill never go back.

my new 375 ruger will be in laminated stock.


the african ruger stock that splitted were the first versio,n today with a good bedding is not even a problem to think about.
 
Take the B&C out of the mix. As you said, it's ugly.

Put the laminate on the 280 and the walnut back on the 375. Get it properly bedded

Then, for added bling, cut the forend off about 1/2" ahead of the checkering and add a 1.5" ebony forend tip. Have the tip shaped in the old Rigby style.
 
Mauser98 said:
Take the B&C out of the mix. As you said, it's ugly.

Put the laminate on the 280 and the walnut back on the 375. Get it properly bedded

Then, for added bling, cut the forend off about 1/2" ahead of the checkering and add a 1.5" ebony forend tip. Have the tip shaped in the old Rigby style.
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I think this sounds right, esp the ebony forend feature.
 
Update: despite popular opinion I went with the laminate on the .375. Bedded it and she shoots extremely consistently with 260 grain accubonds. I'm very impressed by the accuracy, and a 260 grain AB, with a BC of .473, going almost 2900 fps is going to make for a incredibly versatile rifle come fall.
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cam1936 said:
Update: despite popular opinion I went with the laminate on the .375. Bedded it and she shoots extremely consistently with 260 grain accubonds. I'm very impressed by the accuracy, and a 260 grain AB, with a BC of .473, going almost 2900 fps is going to make for a incredibly versatile rifle come fall.
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the way to go even for a RH stock rifle. well done.
 
You made the right move with that one. Laminate can take the thump and abuse better than walnut,
and on your rifle, looks just fine. The laminate stock does add some extra weight compared to straight
walnut, but on "royal" thumpers....it's an added bonus.;)
 
Yep, that's a good looking and functional option..........and yes the Africans do split stocks, even when properly bedded !!!! The problem is the magazine well bellowsing when fired with heavy loads and it splits the stock through the trigger web and then into the pistol grip. One must cross pin through the web ahead of the trigger and pin through the grip just ahead of the checkering point. This solves the splitting problem, I use a #12 brass or steel screw, with lots of epoxy and a predrilled hole just enough undersize to get a good screw bite but still allow for some epoxy to remain in the hole.
 
I picked up the B&C stock from Cam for my 30-06. I know it's not super pretty but it was a big upgrade (for me anyways) from the flimsy oversized Hogue stock that was on it.
I'm more than happy with the stock.

On another note, I disassembled the entire rifle and beadblasted all the metal before putting a Boyds laminate on my 375 Ruger. Still working on my loads but my biggest issue is the
Ruger factory rings keep coming loose. Just have to get a bit of locktite on them I guess.

 
Sharp looking rifle Mike!

I haven't had my rings come loose yet. Where are they loosening up, on the ring-base connection or the ring-scope?

Did you you have to place a small shim to get the proper tension on the floorplate on the B&C?
 
I really like the Hogue stock that came with my 375ruger Alaskan. Fits my big mitts and takes the bumps and scratches like nothing
 
cam1936 said:
Sharp looking rifle Mike!

I haven't had my rings come loose yet. Where are they loosening up, on the ring-base connection or the ring-scope?

Did you you have to place a small shim to get the proper tension on the floorplate on the B&C?
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The rings were coming lose on the base connection. I couldnt figure out why my reloads were shooting so poor until I noticed the scope coming loose.

I had a bit of brass shim stock at home so I cut out a couple small pieces for the floor plate and everything lined up perfect.

I havent had a chance to shoot it yet but I'm hoping to in the next week or two. I swapped out a VX-II 50mm scope for a 40mm version and I'm just
waiting for one of the shorter ruger rings to come in from Brownells which was backordered. Should actually be here tonight I believe (according to the
tracking number).
 
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