Cheers for the ideas. This stock was free and is more just practicing than trying to make it mint and original (all the original finish was removed by a acetone bath apparently. And it’s going to have so many little bits glued back on it’ll never be worth anything (that’s the reason I’m not bothered about filling the cleaning rod hole)
Replacement stocks in New Zealandicon are almost impossible to find, in saying that this one will be recoverable, if not a bit patchy.
Was a good read, thanks for the link. I’m lucky my stocks not broken like that, just small patches of soft, crumbly black wood. I might see if I can find a hardwood dowel as an alternative, or at least a packer to make any steel rod I use much shorter just to bridge the area I need rather than the full length