Ruger bolt actions and canoe paddles

Numrich Arms has the wood inserts in stock:

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/

I admit that someone has added a decelerator or limb saver type butt pad to the 338win and that might be the ticket but it is really nice to shoot, nicer than my old wood stocked M77 338win.

I think I did once see a 10/22 in this style stock, at least the butt was this style.
 
I just got one last night.

Boat paddle in .300 win mag with a B&L scope. Can't wait to sight it in. Then ice the shoulder... I'm sure with the light & thin stock, it'll kick like a Clydesdale. Hopefully I'm wrong about that. :D
 
The thing that I never liked about the stocks where the sling swivels. I like standard unkle mike's studs so that I can easily take my sling off. The boat paddle was just "OH well". Mossberg obviously likes the look.
Mike
 
mike shickele said:
The thing that I never liked about the stocks where the sling swivels. I like standard unkle mike's studs so that I can easily take my sling off. The boat paddle was just "OH well". Mossberg obviously likes the look.
Mike
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I have 'modified' all of mine. I cut the original ones off with a dremel, then drilled out the stocks. The rear swivel is drilled out the same as a wood stock and used a wood type Uncle Mike's stud and the front was drilled out and I used a machine screw & nut type stud. Once I had them lined up where I want them, then I used a bit of JB Weld to secure them.
 
If you read the book "Ruger and His Guns" there is a description of why the design of the "boat paddle" (they call it a skeletonised) stock turned out the way it did. Briefly the Ruger engineers found that the solid boat paddle stock was both stiffer and cheaper to build than a hollow more conventionally shaped stock. I have a 7.62x39 stainless with the factory wood inserts and have long thought that someone should make wood buttstock inserts for the paddle stock. One of these winters, I may try to carve a set. Surely someone has already done it. Pictures anyone?
 
I"ve always been a wood and blued guy until last year when I picked up a canoe in 7mm . I guess I"m sold as I now own this gun in 7 calibers.

As for recoil yea the big boys hit pretty hard but dont seam to affect my friends 100 pound daughter, she shoots the 338 mag.

Just curios does anyone know if this was made in 17 hmr . I have one but was told it was restocked and I can"t find much info about this.
 
Small observation here - I smile every time I grab the canoe paddle stock butt to slide my rifle from a tight gun case or sock - there is a ready made handle recess by the recoil pad. I can also easily and securely hold it with one hand that way - muzzle down - if/when necessary - thanks Ruger.
 
ckxtreme said:
I just got one last night.

Boat paddle in .300 win mag with a B&L scope. Can't wait to sight it in. Then ice the shoulder... I'm sure with the light & thin stock, it'll kick like a Clydesdale. Hopefully I'm wrong about that. :D
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No, you're not wrong. Anyone who shoots a gun and expects it to hurt, will rarely be disappointed. These guns are very shootable. Honestly, if I had a dime for every post on CGN wailing about the horrendous recoil of .338's...or .300mags...or .308's...or whatever...

I bought three of those Rugers when they first were introduced, a .300, a .338 and a .243. The .243 is gone, but the others quickly became permanent members of the family. They are accurate and totally reliable, and although I think of them as a "back-up" to whichever interesting toy I plan to hunt with, they end up being used more often than not. I liked the stocks, but naturally could not leave well enough alone and swapped them out for a Boyd's laminate JRS and a Hogue rubber job. The last time I checked, Epps still had both of those old paddles listed in their This'n'That section, in case anyone is interested. They have standard sling studs replacing the original loops, and are otherwise in as-issued configuration, but with plenty of "character".
 
jjohnwm said:
No, you're not wrong. Anyone who shoots a gun and expects it to hurt, will rarely be disappointed. These guns are very shootable. Honestly, if I had a dime for every post on CGN wailing about the horrendous recoil of .338's...or .300mags...or .308's...or whatever...

I bought three of those Rugers when they first were introduced, a .300, a .338 and a .243. The .243 is gone, but the others quickly became permanent members of the family. They are accurate and totally reliable, and although I think of them as a "back-up" to whichever interesting toy I plan to hunt with, they end up being used more often than not. I liked the stocks, but naturally could not leave well enough alone and swapped them out for a Boyd's laminate JRS and a Hogue rubber job. The last time I checked, Epps still had both of those old paddles listed in their This'n'That section, in case anyone is interested. They have standard sling studs replacing the original loops, and are otherwise in as-issued configuration, but with plenty of "character".
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WoW, what it's like to live it, breath it, do it and take it and enjoy it and tell about it? To most reg folks, those cartridges in that rifle/stock configuration would simpley kick the wild living snot out of many of us, (the one's that will admitt to it, anyway)! I assume the 243 went down the road cuz it wasn't producing any chest hair? It surely couldn't have been a bad shooter! You da man, for sure! :p
 
I have one in .300 Win Mag. I've found it to OK on the recoil issue. It doesn't pound the shoulder any more than a .300 Win Mag Weatherby Vanguard or a M700.

I agree that its looks take a bit getting used too, and that it is heavy, but mine is super reliable in any kind of weather plus being a great moose/bear/deer rifle.
 
two-dogs said:
To most reg folks, those cartridges in that rifle/stock configuration would simpley kick the wild living snot out of many of us, (the one's that will admitt to it, anyway)! :p
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Sorry, I just don't think so. Lots of folks shoot their guns without pissing and moaning about it, but you just don't hear about it from them. A few find it uncomfortable, and so they seem to find it necessary to spread the word, warning anyone who will listen about the horrors of recoil. Anyone who doesn't feel the same way, well, they're just not being honest, don't ya know? Technique matters, gun fit certainly matters, but a huge part of it is between the ears...and if you pick up a gun for the first time, and all you can think about is the experts who have warned you that it's gonna hurt...then, yes, it probably is.

I just read on another forum a posting from a guy who was complaining about the recoil of a Rem 700 SPS Tactical in .308. I have one of those, and my wife manages to shoot it quite handily, all 130lbs of her. No chest hair on her...I would have noticed...I just somehow failed to unnecessarily scare her before she tried it the first time. My granddaughter shoots a 20-gauge shotgun comfortably...she's 13...thank goodness she doesn't read about guns! She just shoots 'em without knowing that she's supposed to be afraid of them. Those mental flinches suck.

Apologies to the OP for the sidetrack/highjack. I just looked at the Epps website...both of those canoe paddle stocks are still there, listed at $50 per. I'm pretty sure they're the same ones I traded in to them over a year ago...I'll bet they would be very willing to listen to any decent offer to move them.
 
can14 said:
Has anyone replaced the plastic stock with a ruger wood stock on these guns???
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yep, my youngest son has put two of these mighty fine stainless M77's into Ruger walnuts stocks, and there they live there happily forever there after! One in 270 and the other in 260. Don't hestitate, if you wanna do it! They are a pc of beauty!
 
jjohnwm said:
Sorry, I just don't think so. Lots of folks shoot their guns without pissing and moaning about it, but you just don't hear about it from them. A few find it uncomfortable, and so they seem to find it necessary to spread the word, warning anyone who will listen about the horrors of recoil. Anyone who doesn't feel the same way, well, they're just not being honest, don't ya know? Technique matters, gun fit certainly matters, but a huge part of it is between the ears...and if you pick up a gun for the first time, and all you can think about is the experts who have warned you that it's gonna hurt...then, yes, it probably is.

I just read on another forum a posting from a guy who was complaining about the recoil of a Rem 700 SPS Tactical in .308. I have one of those, and my wife manages to shoot it quite handily, all 130lbs of her. No chest hair on her...I would have noticed...I just somehow failed to unnecessarily scare her before she tried it the first time. My granddaughter shoots a 20-gauge shotgun comfortably...she's 13...thank goodness she doesn't read about guns! She just shoots 'em without knowing that she's supposed to be afraid of them. Those mental flinches suck.


Apologies to the OP for the sidetrack/highjack. I just looked at the Epps website...both of those canoe paddle stocks are still there, listed at $50 per. I'm pretty sure they're the same ones I traded in to them over a year ago...I'll bet they would be very willing to listen to any decent offer to move them.
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ok, I believe you, some don't have the balls to piss'n & moan in public and tell it like it is, and yep, uncomfy it is to lots of us, horror's of recoil, Yikes, yeah, it can make some of us puke and pee on the spot, and about the 308 tacticle, well now, he's totally full of ####e, I agree with you there! Come on, what a wossey! But about the hair, I'd double check, if I was you! I'm betting there is some growth there in hidden area's, geeeeez only 130 lbs 'n all. I'm 250 plus, and.............. I do rarely ever have to shave, but!!! :redface:
 
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