Lightweight aftermarket stock

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I am looking for a Lightweight aftermarket stock to put on my Ruger M77 MkII short action. I'd like to make this rifle as light as possible.

Anyone knows of a manufacturer of lightweight synthetis stocks for the Rugers?

Thanks, Troutseeker
 
I believe MPI will make a lightweight for the Ruger...

http://www.mpistocks.com/index.htm

McMillan will inlet for Ruger, but not with their EDGE graphite technology. Although their standard filled stocks with painted finish are still lighter than a factory plastic stock.
 
Brown Precision makes one called the Pound'r or something like that.

I have 2 on 700's.
Years ago I had one on a tang safety 77. Not sure if they make one for the
Mark 2.

Pricey and rough as hell though.:D
 
troutseeker;
Based on the advice of a couple folks I respect, I ordered a Wildcat blank for a 98 just before Christmas and was very pleased with it.

It weighed an honest 18oz without a recoil pad, which is much less than a few others I've worked on, a couple Bell and Carlson's come to mind as being very much heavier.

It was very stiff as well, which I was pleased with. I've played with a couple injection molded stocks that were to my mind too easily twisted. While one reported good accuracy, the other that I owned never gave good results.

While I'd have to have a tang model and a Mk II side by side to remember how much difference there is, one will want to bed it anyway so I'm not sure it would be an impossible task to fit it.

I would also mention that Stuart, the owner of Wildcat, was very easy to deal with. I would buy another one of his stocks in a heartbeat.

Good luck whichever way you decide.

Regards,
Dwayne
 
I've jimmy'd a Mk2 into a tang safety Brown Precision stock back when the Mk2 first came out.

You would have to put a gun to my head to make me do it again. Nothing is the same, despite outward appearance. In fact McMillan has completely separate mold patterns for the Mk1 and Mk2, and will NOT inlet one into the other.

The path of least resistance, is to buy a Bansner High Tech for a Mk2 long action and modify it. That way, all the tang area, safety, trigger, bolt handle, and rear and mid screw locations stay put. All you need to do is move the front guardscrew hole and recoil lug back half an inch.

Because the rear screw is correct, you use it as the guide and just bed without the front screw, and fill everythign in when you bed, then re-drill the front screw hole and clean up the magazine well area.
 
This is very timely and useful info for me as I was going to start a thread asking for help to find an aftermarket stock for my little Ruger Frontier.
Thanks fellas....appreciate your posts !!
 
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