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Ideas and/or suggestions Please!!
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01-10-2012 09:27 PM
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First off...it is most likely a British produced Lee Enfield, the Indians just reworked it, they didn't produce No.4s. Not likely that it's a POF rifle due to the timing of the various Indo-Pakistani wars compared to the FR date on the rifle.
Secondly...you've certainly come to the right place for wood repair advice, so I'll let one of the real gurus speak to that.
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If you intend on shooting it, then that crack should be dealt with beforehand. Either repair what you have or round up a spare. But even tha spare would likely require fitting, so it may not save you a whole lot of effort.
There's several older threads covering the topic quite well, but I'm in "mobile mode" right now, and doing searches is drama filled...
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I think that the solution to stabilizing the horizontal cracking is glue and vertical running dowels or brass thread wire. Ensuring all the surfaces are thoroughly clean...etc and adequate accurate clamping blah blah..
Then the rest of it, do you reglue or institute new rear blocks for the tie screw (don't know the real name)?? I'd have to look at it if it were mine, but I'd probably err with Thunderbox and go again, along with and integral patching of the draws, this could be pegged above and below the crack through the side to further stabilize the crack and integrate it all.
I guess it depends a bit how good you are with wood work.
If you're not up to all that, it could be easier to reglue the original setup and dowel/brass thread wire the crack.
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Thanks everybody! I will take the forend off this evening and post more pictures.
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Thanks for the info, jrhead!