I’ve finally committed myself to converting the Ruger Police Carbine (Ruger PC Carbine) to a full wooden stock after the iconic Russian PPSh-41. I’ve been playing with this concept on my Ruger 10/22 takedown with good results, but the difference in the magazine well held me back from committing to the 9mm.

Inspiration directly from Ken G – @cigars.guns.stuff What I love about his work is he used an actual PPSh-41 stock and merged it with the Ruger PC Carbine. I actually think his representation is pretty accurate because the magwell of the 41 is steel, and directly in front of the wood. You can see that Ken kept the stock Ruger magwell, and I think likely because of the added complication.

It may be my downfall, but I’m going to attempt to make the whole stock, including the magwell out of wood. Why would I do that and just not copy how Ken wrapped the wood stock around the Ruger stock? Ken’s work is awesome, but I don’t think it can be manufactured this way for others. You would have to have people send in their stocks to be modified, and I want to eventually sell these to other enthusiasts who may not want to go through the build process. I want them to just be able to bolt it on and go have some fun.

You can check out Ken’s build in this video. Great work man!

So, yesterday I bought the model RGR-19115 from KYGUNCO.com. I want to start working on it this weekend, so I chose to pick it up.

Yesterday it also snowed the 10th most it ever has in Kentucky. Today it hasn’t melted or been plowed. I’m not sure yet if I’m going to risk heading down.