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.

[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"

[browningautorifle]

Now we've got away from Bill's new rifle...where is that anyway? New stock and all...

[baltimoreed]

I would have compressed the heck out of the stock and the extra piece. Would have gouged some deep cuts on the glue sides plus you have two fluted dowels and maybe a screw or two for good measure. In your stock sanding save the dust to mix with the stain and truoil [or whatever you are using] to fill in any voids. I’ve bought guns on vacation, always fun to drag out a local phone book [old school] and find the local gunshops. My wife wound up in the Charleston WVa hospital on one of our vacations. When she was out of the woods and I could leave her I called around. Called a brick and morter shop and asked if they had any Martinis- no sir, any Webleys- no sir, then the guy asked if my call was a gag. I eventually got to his shop and found primers. This was the during last primer shortage.

[browningautorifle]

I would have compressed the heck out of the stock and the extra piece. Would have gouged some deep cuts on the glue sides plus you have two fluted dowels and maybe a screw or two for good measure.

If you mean me, yes I used a screw in the center of the butt to crank it in tight against his orders. I also roughed up the dowels to make sure they took hold.

The sawdust mix for the cover job escaped me.

[usabaker]

He did guide me though and told me to use an epoxy instead of glue so I see a line.

Hi Jim, Did you add black tint to the Epoxy? It helps minimize the line. For a repair like that it's nearly impossible to hide the line unless you blend the transition using stains and paints of varying shades to connect the grains. Your repair looks as good if not better then others I have seen Don't know about the "Don't over tighten" I clamp the repair down hard, its the bite into each end of the wood that holds regardless if it's wood glue or epoxy. But that's just the way I was taught.

I ended up buying two different stocks for this Remington, it was hard to see the grain being the stock are raw wood so I keep the one with the most character. I'm looking for a block of Gaboon Ebony to tip the end of the stock much the same way as the one that one it now. I figure if I'm not going to put a factory stock on it, I might as well build it the way I want it.

[browningautorifle]

Did you add black tint to the Epoxy?

No, didn't know about that one. I did tighten well, didn't tell my observer about that.

I ended up buying two different stocks for this Remington

Lookin' forward to seeing the end result.

[baltimoreed]

Kinda pertinent, I had a gifted ‘03 stock that had multiple patches from a po’s repairs that I wanted to use for a rebuild. To get the lighter patches to match I used leather dye on the patch along with multiple coats of Birchwood caseys water based red walnut dye to even it out. Hid them pretty nicely. Not done the build yet.
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