Buying a Rifle on Family Vacation - Another Remington 721

[browningautorifle]

I was instructed to use two wood dowels and epoxy, slather the dowels to make sure they hold and a good coat between the two parts to be bonded. Don't over tighten or you won't have anything to bond. I was specifically told not to use glue in an end grain situation like this. I studied up on it and didn't want to undertake it but no one professional would and our members were too far away to mail it to. The other extensions I observed had a very minimum line, unlike mine.

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[ssgross]

I was specifically told not to use glue in an end grain situation like this

certainly glue on end-grain does not have any holding power, in this application or any other. I see your point of leaving room for the epoxy between pieces to increase its holding power. My thought in the method I described was to control the epoxy from squeezing all the way out to the edges, and let the glue, maybe mixed with sawdust, fill the gap only for blending. I've never attempted to repair or extend a sporter stock though...all the ones I have come across have a cheek piece for righties and I shoot lefty.

[browningautorifle]

the glue, maybe mixed with sawdust, fill the gap

Maybe, I would have liked the professional to have done it but he stated that his repair would have been identical. I'll never know.

On the upside, I have a 1936 model that shoots and isn't so pretty one can't handle it.

[ssgross]

isn't so pretty one can't handle it.

Everybody's babies are always the cutest ever...but..."put a cigar in their mouth and they all look like Winston Churchill"