Repairing a Shortened Stock Heel?

[Stretch32]

I have a friend who has an 1899 (or possibly 1898) Krag carbine stock. For the most part it's in overall good condition however, at some point, somebody sawed off about 2 inches or so from the heel of the stock. This obviously prevents the butt plate from mounting correctly but also ruins a rare and expensive carbine stock.

I've repaired stocks before but have only delt with attaching new fore ends to return sporter stocks back to correct rifle length. I've never really given much thought or attempted to repair a shortened heel.

Besides the obvious issue of blending a seam (probably impossible actually) is there any way to actually splice on a new heel from a donor stock? I guess I'd pin and Acra-glass the new heel to the butt stock so it's solid but I'm not sure how to go about cutting the pieces so they'd line up correctly. I guess I'm not sure how I'd measure the pieces / cuts to butt together with minimal sanding and filling (maybe some common datum between the 2 stocks?).

Does anybody have any suggestions on how I might do this? Has anybody ever actually done this repair themselves?

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[WarPig1976]

Yes, It can be done. PM sent.

[browningautorifle]

Pics would be nice too, it'll be helpful for the next guy. Besides, we'd love to see it.

[Peter Laidler]

I have repaired about a zillion butts in my time but there is no such thing as an invisible repair, believe me. A picture would help me decide what I would do but what you do is a matter for you. Regards

[browningautorifle]

As stated, I've seen them also...good jobs of blending and then the attraction is the fact it's been restored.

[Stretch32]

After some research, I feel this a worthwhile project so I'm going to either do it myself or have WarPig give it a go. I aree with browningautorifle on the attraction of a restored and now functional / usable stock even if the seam isn't invisible. In the end, it's a real Krag carbine stock that has been made serviceable again. Now if I can just find an 1899 Krag carbine barreled receiver........ :-)

This may go on the back burner until April since I'm moving in a few weeks and have run out of time to take on new projects.

I'll try and post pics of the stock in question this weekend if I make it to my friend's house.

Stretch

[browningautorifle]

Now if I can just find an 1899 Krag carbine barreled receiver........ :-)

Good luck on that one, this could turn out to be a labor of insanity...but eventually it will be complete.

[Stretch32]

I doubt I'd find an 1899 barreled receiver for anything in a "reasonable" price range in all honesty. I'd settle for a rifle receiver with a real carbine barrel if I could find something like that. The issue with a cut down rifle barrel is 1. the taper isn't the same as a real carbine and 2. the front sight almost always seems to get replaced with a 1903 front sight vice actually attaching the original Krag sight base.

I really enjoy shooting my 92/96 Krag rifle and it's probably my most accurate bolt rifle so having a carbine would be nice. I'm not willing to spend $2000+ for a good shooter so a nice sporter or clone that looks correct would fill the bill for me.

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[browningautorifle]

You might find the parts alone, receiver, barrel...sights. Sounds expensive to me though.