LOP drama - Ruger M77 Hawkeye 7.62x39

44Bore said:
get a chunk ofwalnut and shape it to fit, plywood has its place but not as a spacer on a walnut rifle stock,
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Waste of good walnut though, as you'll never match it to the stock and it will have to be painted anyways.
And with that thin of a piece of hardwood, it will be prone to cracking and/or splitting.
With a properly finished and painted laminated plywood piece, you'll never know the difference from walnut.
 
Limbsaver Recoil Pad.

I'm 6'4" and have owned several Rugers. The Limbsaver pad adds that little extra that seems to make an M77 fit me. The only drawback is I have yet to find one that really fits a wood stock well. I am more concerned with function than aesthetics so I don't bother to grind them down. The hawk-eye syn stocks seem to mesh better with the LS pads.

If you need a big adjustment on LOP then you will need to buy some spacers as alluded to by previous posts.
 
I have also dropped an M77 into a synthetic Hougue stock and found it shot quite well. Cannot remember the LOP but it did fit me better than the original stock.
 
I'm 6'4 and have no neck.
13.75-14.25" is good depending on the stock shape, and if I am using heavy clothing. That said I can rock pretty much any caliber with 13.5" LOP if I need, and have.
Add a 1" slice of dark hardwood, and forget about it.
 
rem338win said:
I'm 6'4 and have no neck..
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Just as I suspected. :p

With respect to LOP there are some folks, for example Franz Albrecht Öttingen-Spielberg, who need an unusually long LOP. He says he grew up using his grandfather's firearms, which were much too long for him. He adjusted his technique and now still uses a firearm with a long LOP.

I am 6' tall but have no problem with shorter LOP.
 
I'm 6'3" and prefer a 13.25"-13.5" LOP,and I find 14" much too long. LOP depends on the thickness of your chest, shoulders and arms, and a bit short is better than too long. But this explains why so many folks have the ocular of their scopes 2" behind the cocking pieces of their bolts.
 
My vote is for plywood spacer with a thicker butt pad.

Then seal it up and paint it flat black to match the butt pad, or paint the whole rifle a solid colour.

I have some G1S birch if your in calgary and need a hand with it.
 
Buy a thick plastic spacer from Brownells - they come in various sizes. May be more expensive than plywood, but it will look decent. You can glue a few thin ones, or mix and match to get the correct thickness of spacer.

Do it right and you have something.
 
I don't really like spacers. Why not just get a stock from Boyd's? It will cost ~$75 + shipping. I suspect you could sell the short stock and even come out ahead.
 
Already done. Took about 2 hours, I'm really happy with it.

I used 4 layers of 1/2", laminated together, belt sanded into shape, then painted the spacer matte black. Fits me great, feels solid, can't wait to try her out in the new configuration.

Easy solution, all from materials I had available. $0.00 solution to a ~$100.00 problem!

I will post pics as soon as I get a chance. Thanks to all for the good advice!
 
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