I recently purchased a replacement stock for my American short-action .223. I have other Ruger rifles with black synthetic stocks and wanted a similar appearance, rather than the factory moss green model. The stock sold by shopruger.com has a 1.25 in. shorter LOP. Not a real big deal, as I am short-statured. Only minor challenge was getting proper scope relief. I'm just curious if anyone close to Ruger knows if a black, short-action, 13.5 in. LOP stock might ever be available after-market? Thanks for reading this long-winded post. Kenny B.