Ruger RSM Uh-oh?

[Daniel Cary]

Bought New in 2003
Fired 20 Rounds through it @ Best & Hasn't Been Shot in 7yrs.

I just Noticed this? .. It's a raised area on the Finish. Did this crack? Almost as if a Wood Putty had been used before they finished & stained it! Any Help, sincerely appreciated .. Is it Safe?

 

[TucsonFX4]

I’ll give you $1,000 for it as is, so you don’t have to worry about it. That way you can just move on.


On an unrelated note, I look forward to hearing what the knowledgeable members here think may be the culprit and fix for something similar to what can be seen in the image above.

 

[greyfox]

Cracking, needs to be bedded

 

[Daniel Cary]

Cracking, needs to be bedded

Good grief. .. Does this mean, it essentially needs a new stock?
any ideas, gunsmiths & suggestions well appreciated.

 

[JimP]

I'd pull the action and then assess the area to see if it is deeper than what it looks. I have see where the area around the tang wasn't cleaned up enough and split a small piece off of it in the same area. Those rifles were just fine and the owners either just left it alone or refinished the stock and cleaned up the split area.

 

[deewayne2003]

@Daniel Cary

Numrich has several in stock - you will just need the medallions and end cap from the old stock.

Stock, .416 Rigby, .375 H&H, .458 Lott, RH, Safari Magum, Cut-Checkered Walnut

RUGER M77 MKII MAGNUM, M77 MKII EXPRESS Stock, .416 Rigby, .375 H&H, .458 Lott, RH, Safari Magum, Cut-Checkered Walnut

www.gunpartscorp.com

You could bed that stock and have a beater/hunting stock….. and is that the .458Lott?

 

[IvW]

Cracked all the way from the tang.....

 

[Daniel Cary]

Purchased New from Cabella's

Hornady, Factory ammo only & 458 Lott, indeed

 

[Daniel Cary]

@Daniel Cary

Numrich has several in stock - you will just need the medallions and end cap from the old stock.

Stock, .416 Rigby, .375 H&H, .458 Lott, RH, Safari Magum, Cut-Checkered Walnut

RUGER M77 MKII MAGNUM, M77 MKII EXPRESS Stock, .416 Rigby, .375 H&H, .458 Lott, RH, Safari Magum, Cut-Checkered Walnut

www.gunpartscorp.com

You could bed that stock and have a beater/hunting stock….. and is that the .458Lott?

Thank you! 458 indeed,

Any Gunsmith suggestions
Thank you!

 

[DrBob]

I'd pull the action and then assess the area to see if it is deeper than what it looks. I have see where the area around the tang wasn't cleaned up enough and split a small piece off of it in the same area. Those rifles were just fine and the owners either just left it alone or refinished the stock and cleaned up the split area.

Agree... pull and assess. Clean out around tang. May just be superficial! Glass bed. It's a little different bedding than usual and I have done it. Also, may consider having the neck reinforced with carbon fiber or steel rod through wrist. By the way... shooting off a lead sled with heavy weights? The Ruger stocks are very good Circassian walnut.

 

[Mark R]

It appears from the pic that the rear tang has made contact with the wood under recoil even though there is a gap between tang and stock. Check that nothing has fallen into that gap and as has been stated, take it to a competent smith for bedding.

 

[DrBob]

It appears from the pic that the rear tang has made contact with the wood under recoil even though there is a gap between tang and stock. Check that nothing has fallen into that gap and as has been stated, take it to a competent smith for bedding.

Totally agree. The bedding is complicated as the action is in contact with a plate that is set in the wood. No direct receiver to wood bedding contact. The Ruger is nose heavy but mine is a tack driver in 416 Rigby. Only limitation is two in the mag.

 

[Daniel Cary]

 

[Daniel Cary]

 

[DrBob]

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Fortunately ...looks just focal damage.

 

[Daniel Cary]

 

[DrBob]

Be careful not to dink with the area.... a good surface repair will make that area disappear.

 

[sestoppelman]

Seems odd. Usually cracks there are not feathergrain like that, but an actual crack. Plus the gap would normally negate cracks in the area.
My concern with any tang area cracks are what caused it. Often it means the recoil lug area forward has let go or cracked as well, thus requiring repairs and bedding.
First step is take it apart and assess what happened.

 

[Daniel Cary]

 

[Daniel Cary]

God bless ya Guy's .. Thank you, sincerely!
Good group, great people