There's A First Time For Everything...

[5hundo]

For whatever reason, I can't see the pictures of your rifle.

I'll check it out when I get home. I can't view them from this computer either...

What kind is it? I may be able to come up with a used stock for you.

Ruger M77 .308 (short action). It's the model with the safety on the tang. It's not a Mark II though and that's the problem I'm running into. They make all kinds of stocks for Mark IIs but not much for mine...

[diginit]

I think I would just use tightbond or gorilla glue and repair it. I could fix that stock so it was barely noticable and these glues are actually stronger than wood itself. It would never break in the same spot again.

[kermit]

There's a used one on eBay now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ruger-77-Tang-Safety-Short-Action-Stock_W0QQitemZ250304852924QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250304852924&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[5hundo]

There's a used one on eBay now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ruger-77-Tang-Sa...d=p3286.c0.m14

NICE!

Thanks for the "head's up"...

[saki302]

You can do an easy repair of that with brass pins (Short) and epoxy glue, especially if the area of the crack is clean. Drill out one half, epoxy in 203 brass pins, drill the other half (larger holes if your index isn't perfect), fillw ith epoxy, epoxy the whole joint, and press together. 5 minute works well, 1 minute is too hairy!

You'll break the stock in half at the grip before it cracks at the repair again

-Dave

[5hundo]

You can do an easy repair of that with brass pins (Short) and epoxy glue, especially if the area of the crack is clean. Drill out one half, epoxy in 203 brass pins, drill the other half (larger holes if your index isn't perfect), fillw ith epoxy, epoxy the whole joint, and press together. 5 minute works well, 1 minute is too hairy!

You'll break the stock in half at the grip before it cracks at the repair again

-Dave

I know that I "could" repair it, I just figured that this would be a good excuse to get a new one. Plus, I was so upset about, and my girlfriend felt so bad for me that she said "Get whatever you want".

Soooo, I was really hoping to find a really nice laminated stock but it seems to be a tall order.

It's a tang safety M77 and a lot of the stock makers produce stocks for the Mark IIs, but not mine...

I'm running out of ideas, so if any of you know a company (or custom shop) that builds laminated stocks for my tang safety M77, I'd love to hear about it...

[Nodda Duma]

Go over to surplusrifleforum.com and look for candyman. He will repair that easily and you will not even see the repair when the rifle is assembled. Does it at a pretty good rate as well....I think it's more of a hobby for him than a business.

-Jason

[50BMGBOB]

If you are in NorCal. There is a guy at my local gun club (Diablo Rod and Gun in Concord) that have a stock duplicating lathe. I don't know what he charges but I know he does work for people. His name is John Labash and he is on the contact info on the clubs website.