Here is a rifle stock repair I am pretty proud of! A friend had this rifle that his grandfather and father hunted with. The action is a US Model of 1917 made at the Eddystone Arsenal - this action is from WW1.. wow! The stock is a very nicely done custom build.
If you look closely at one of the pictures, you will see that there are a couple of cracks in the wrist, making this an unsafe rifle to shoot, especially since it is a 300 Winchester Magnum. Either his grampa or his dad had just wrapped the wrist with really sticky duct-like tape and they all kept using it!
I peeled the nasty tape off and stripped the bubbled, old varnish off. I then found a long lag bolt, drilled a hole from the back of the action void down into the wrist and carefully screwed the bolt flush, making a very tight, strong connection. The back of the action actually makes contact with the bolt head, directing recoil through the wrist and into the buttstock. I then finished the stock with Danish oil. On the final product, you can clearly see the lines of the cracks, but they do not stick up or are rough against the hand. The owner was so excited to see it fixed that he can't stand to put it away in the safe where no one can see it.
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