Before starting stock finish/vanish just put some good cold blue on the bolt stub ends. When all the bedding compound is set up and everything else is done including the barreled action bedded, just file off the bolt stubs on each end even with the stock and sand/finish the whole stock as per normal. If you decide to go ahead with the attempt, for the cross pin get a 6" x 1/8 or 3/16 all thread bolt and cut it to slightly longer than the outside to outside dimension of the stock.
#Gun stock crack repair screw pins full#
The most positive point of this full length bedding is that it sill greatly strengthen the whole stock. Then bed the whole action and channel with the same compound used on the repair- being sure to match the color of the original wood with the stains available for the compound. You can file, chisel or shave the high lines (of the oct profile) until the new barrel fits or whatever is needed for clearance. You might be able to open the crack up slightly with a wedge or something to make sure compound is in as much of the crack as possible. Drill through perpendicular to the crack and axis of the stock and use good stock bedding compound to glue a pin (like a section of screw or bolt) slightly longer than the outside to outside span into place across the crack and inject same compound into crack. Cross pinning the crack will make for the strongest repair. Then determine the best placement for a cross bolt if needed. If the wood is badly oil soaked, a good soaking and draining and absorbing a few times with denatured alcohol is about all that can be done. Then bed the whole action and barrel channel with the same compound used on the repair- being sure to match the color of the original wood with the stains available for the compound. You can file, chisel or shave the high lines (of the oct profile) until the new barrel fits with a small amount clearance for the bedding compound. And if it doesn't work out and you can toss the whole thing into the stove with no great loss
But no need to expend a bunch of $ in the attempt with most of the investment being time. Understood- sometimes projects can get out of hand.
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