![]() If you do decide to have a go at it, practice on scrap pieces first. This might be a job for a professional, unless you’ve had previous experience. Having your repair end up being both invisible and strong means you’ll have to have clean joints and use great skill as a craftsperson. Opening and cleaning those joints is a must. That said, whatever glue you use, it will only stick or bond to the surface it touches So, to get a perfect bond, you’ll need a perfect surface. They are not “ordinary” epoxies, and they are quite expensive. You can find specialty epoxies made for just your kind of troubles available from gunsmith suppliers. Tim Inman: Epoxy is the only good answer for you. Once the stock is mended and back to working condition, you’ll probably never look back and regret the cost of getting it done by a pro. I think that’s especially true if you want to use this firearm again. Sometimes experience should prevail to get something done right, and this could well be one of those times. NancyĬhris Marshall: If that rifle has sentimental value, I’d find a gunsmith and forego the DIY repair effort. It is a thick type gloss finished stock: I would like to just glue it up with an invisible and very strong glue, a glue that can handle repeated recoil action. I will not take the stock off until I know the best glue to use. I suspect it will part and maybe separate the stock into two pieces when the stock is removed. I do not know the extent of the crack, but I do know it goes completely through the stock. ![]() As a thousand ship loads of Greeks about the importance of eye candy.I have a beautiful Sako Wood gun stock (rifle stock) that has a crack that will require gluing and clamping. Evan keeping a shorter then average barrel and blued( blueing was used in the old days). I would say the TC Hawken and other such guns could have been made more historical looking by TC et al for about the same money. ![]() How many gunbuyies to day buy a military style gun because it looks cool? Then pretty soon as soon as a few were made you could ruin the looks of a company by sticking in a light colored musket in the ranks. Thus American walnut had to be equal to European military gun wood. It turned out that American Oak was as tough as good British and much better then poorly seasons oak imported from Poland that the Brits were useing. ![]() Our first frigates were laughed at by the Brits who called them ‘fir built frigates’. Not long till Dave wants one too and poof, the preferred wood is curly maple.Īmericans also wanted to one up Europe while at the same time admiring and imitating what Europe did. Bob gets a rifle, Joe wants one like his ‘with them pretty stipes’. The same pretty figure we look for today’s was amplie on display in old guns. If I just had to have a Black Walnut stock for a Long Rifle, I would check with them to see what size blanks they have. I have a fair stock of walnut he cut over 75 years ago and it would make GREAT stock wood, but most is not of a size for Long Rifles.īoth Reinhardt Fajen and Bishop gun stock companies went out of business, but their best employee's went to work for Wenig Gun Stocks. I say this as one who grew up with a Grandfather who made Black Walnut and some cherry furniture and was a real whiz at picking out good trees/wood. One stock set I worked on made of recently harvested Black Walnut was so soft, at first I mistook it for beech. Amazon Basics Multipurpose, Comfort Grip, PVD coated, Stainless Steel Office Scissors - Pack of 3. Black Walnut grown in other places where it is easier to grow, does not result in quite as hard of wood and is the reason there is so much "less desirable" Black Walnut on the market today. Hand Crank Walnut Cracker - Compact and Adjustable Nutcracker For Nuts - Easy to Use Walnut Cracking Machine - All Steel Nut Crackers for Walnuts (Blue) 3.5 out of 5 stars. This is why Reinhardt Fajen and Bishop gun stock companies both were in the same town in MO. For many years in the 20th century, the best Black Walnut for stocks came out of Missouri because so many Black Walnut trees there had to somewhat struggle to survive and thus made better wood for stocks.
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