Ruger flat bolt .243

[Bjsydens]

I have a rugar flat bolt in .243 and am having trouble finding a stock online. Does "old model" m77 mean the same thing as flat bolt?

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[FullMetalJerk]

 

[Andy54Hawken]

No it does not...
The flat bolt is indeed a variant of the "old model" 77...but its just that a variant.
They were made in the short action length from 1968-1974.

I would think that a stock that fits the old model 77 would work...as its the bolt shape being flat and not round , that is different not the action and the like....
That said... I am not sure if the angles of the two different bolt styles are the same....
Andy

Edit to add :
Maybe @Velzey or @MountainBear , could shed some light on this matter....

 

[MountainBear]

@AndyinEverson 's guess is as good as mine. I haven't had a flat bolt in my hand for years. I would assume a tang safety style short action stock would fit, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Bjsydens]

Would pictures help? My problem is I bought the gun cheap because the stock was broken. I've glued the stock back together but don't trust it to actually shoot it much. I bought a stock from numrich but it was for a feather light old model which I guess has a very quick taper to the barrel so it didn't fit but kind of looked like the action without a barrel would fit then bought a m77 tang safety stock thinking it said old model but it doesn't and it doesn't fit in that at all.

But short of ordering a bunch of stocks until it does fit in something I'm unsure how to proceed.

My gut feeling is to order 1 more stock being careful to read the description in full and make sure it's a regular "old model" stock or call up one of the custom stock makers and see what they tell me.

Thanks

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Depending on the stock repair....it might be just fine.
A pin with two part epoxy usually works well...
How did you do the repair...?
Andy

 

[CountryGent]

Maybe give Boyd's a ring? They have multiple M77 stocks listed. Good luck with your project.

 

[Bjsydens]

My repair was with the liquid acraglas no pin though.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Liquid acraglas is good stuff...used it for many a repair as well....
Andy

 

[BPOR11]

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