Repairing "The matchstick stock"

UPS am USPS are not to bad they try alot harder than Fedrex. I had fedx leave a drill press on a skid in my drive way an no one knows were it went. Auction house I got it from refunded my money not sure if they ever got there’s back. Bad part is that fed is the highest cost to ship with. Had a package going across to west coast. USPS was 7.00, UPS was 15.00 , Fed was 21.00 an 2 weeks to get there. An only one with insurance is USPS. So who knows. I will try an get some Pictures of rifle for that stock. after gun show is over today.

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Originally Posted by Seaspriter

Looks like it's a jinxed gun from the replacement of the bottom half of the buttstock.

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It's a two piece Carcano, well, it was.

Is it an "I" Type?

Looks like it, but no finger grooves. Mike would know better.

here is the rifle that was in the stockhttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...e8cljpeg-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...owjcjpeg-1.jpg

Yep. Looks like an I type.

Great job!
What glue did you use for the repair?

The glue? Oh, it's a secret formula handed down from my Great Grandfather who learned of it from a 100 year old Master German stock maker. Sorry can't share it. What I can share are pics of what's next,,,freshening up and blueing of the screws and sling mount. ;)
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This one was one of those where every flat surface in your shop is littered with tools and materials. :)
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I added an oak patch over the extra sling mount which houses a few of the pins. Used oak because Bubba used oak as the pistol grip. A view of the longest pin extending through the tang to just behind the pistol grip. This took care of a crack on the wrist and tied everything together nicely. Inside the barrel channel are pins running from the recoil lug to my fingers on the right side to join the horizontal cracks in the forearm,you can't see them but they're there.
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The buttstock had a chunk missing. Rather then splice in a patch I opted early on to make it appear as a knot. Turned out well I think.
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Thank you Mike for the commission. It was a fun challenge, I hope you like. :)

wow that is way better that when I saw pictures of it before damage. Glad I just wanted this one for myself as a shooter. I like it alot owe you big time:):):)

Very well done! That's the kind of challenge that is fun to work on. As long as someone else hasn't put glue in the splits before, it's usually very surprising how good this type of repair can be when it's done carefully. I often put reinforcing dowel pins across the splits when they are serious (or when parts were completely apart like these ones).

Great work, well done,

Lou