![]() I described the process and components in my last reply. You can either leave the bolt heads exposed - typical Ruger style - or have them hidden under ebony plugs.Ĭlick to expand.Cross bolts are called "bolts" because that's what they are - bolts. They'll drill a hole through the stock sideways, pull the stock crack open as far as possible, shoot some glue into the crack, then tighten a crossbolt coated in epoxy in the drilled hole to pull the stock back together. To fix such a break, you can either have Ruger replace your stock (which they may not do since you had it blocked), buy one from an aftermarket supplier, or have a stockmaker add a crossbolt to the trigger bridge. Usually, they crack longitudinally (running lengthwise of the stock) through the thin trigger bridge. Which direction is the crack passing through the stock? Parallel or perpendicular to the front trigger guard bolt? Running fore and aft, or vertical through the stock? If the magazine box and the forward trigger guard screw were not properly relieved into the stock, this can put pressure over the trigger bridge also.Ĭracking in the trigger bridge was a driving force behind Ruger adding a second cross bolt to their Hawkeye African and Guide Gun stocks. If it was NOT bedded, then the recoil lug is able to compress the stock over time, and wooden stocks naturally shrink over time anyway, which can put stress on the stock in new places. You did not mention whether it was epoxy bedded, or just pillar blocked. Pillar blocking doesn't help support the action under recoil. These are the places that stocks take the most impact from the action under recoil, or take the most flexion. There are 3 places that Ruger stocks crack, 1) behind the tang, 2) behind the recoil lug, and 3) in the trigger bridge, aka, where yours broke. I´ll be glad to hear your opinion, sugestions and such. The handload I was firing is 55.5 grains of RL19 behind a 180 grains Sierra bullet with rifle magnum primer (to burn all the powder in that short barrell). The rifle was adjusted to the stock according the instructios: front screw very tight, rear screw tight, middle screw barely tight. This rifle is pillar bedded anb barrel/action floated. How can I prevent happening again once fixed? This hair thick crack produces a slight, almost unnoticeable, movement when pressed with the hand.Ĭan this crack affect accuracy? I mean, the action is firmly attached to the stock by the other two screws (front and rear) in places with no cracks. I returned home quite mad and dissambled it and noticed that the piece of wood between the magazine and the trigger (it´s the part of the stock that runs along the middle screw) was cracked all it´s length by the very middle in the same line of the barrell/stock. Last weekend I was testing it in order to go hunting and noticed that a handload that previously grouped 1/4 MOA with a slight vertical spread, opened up to a 2 MOA with a WIDE horizontal spread. I own a Mark II 77 RSI International (Manl¡cher style) 30-06 carbine. Hi buddies, I´m new in this forum and this is my first post. ![]()
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