Don't ever let a good friend convince you he can fix wood

**MOUNTAINORACLE** · June 28th, 2013, 07:05 AM

I am not into wood work, but I've I have "fixed" several of my stocks that were in worse condition than that one.

I've used a small dowell rod and glue to make my repairs then did a little sanding and stock refinishing. You could see the repair if you looked hard, but it was a good enough fix to make me happy.

I then started looking for a "new" replacement stock the rifles.

**41 Redhawk** · July 2nd, 2013, 02:15 PM

FWIW Dave, Boyds has a semi-inletted laminated stock for the later Model 88 that you might want to consider while you are still hunting with the gun. Those Winchester stocks do seem to be a bit weak. Mine has a crack at the for-end. Then you can peruse the gun shows and find another one for "show" or to restore the value of the 88. There is a guy that comes to the Washington County show that sells only stocks and he occasionally has one.

**DavidTM** · July 4th, 2013, 10:38 PM

Redhawk,

Actually....I took some wood glue in a hyper-dermic needle, (prepped the area as well as I could first) and shot it with the needle until I had glue running out from everywhere. Then I clamped it and let it sit for 48 hours.

I had some True-Oil type of liquid that a buddy of mine bought at a local gun show and this was made to restore old gun stocks. So, with some 400 grit sandpaper I put some of this "stuff" on the sandpaper and just began to sand it going with the grain.

Now, you can see the crack faintly, but it appears to be very strong and I would guess it's not going to break again. I'll post some pic's when I have a chance.

Dave

**DavidTM** · July 5th, 2013, 12:52 PM

Ok, I'm no master woodworker, however, just to save you some time from flipping back to the old pre-crack fix picture, I've posted it again here:

And here are two other pictures of my post fix. Yes, you can still see the crack, but I'm pretty certain it will never come apart as I glued it with a hyper dermic needle of wood glue, clamped it for 48 hours, and the wood behind the recoil lug is cleared away so the recoil will now go straight back and not against this crack. Hopefully this should work well. Again...post fix of crack:

**41 Redhawk** · July 5th, 2013, 03:01 PM

It does look better Dave. I actually glass bedded the recoil block in mine.

**DavidTM** · July 5th, 2013, 04:51 PM

Yeah.....right now your looking at only one coat of true-oil finish. Usually I put 7 to 10 coats on a stock to bring out a very nice finish. So....when I'm "really" done with all of that, I'm thinking it should be "more better" hidden. I'll post a pic of when I'm 100% done.

Dave

**762xIan** · July 6th, 2013, 09:11 PM

Much better, looks pretty good, it should "hide" pretty decent with some more finish.

I took some wood glue in a hyper-dermic needle, (prepped the area as well as I could first) and shot it with the needle until I had glue running out from everywhere.

Should be a very strong joint. I keep syringes around for just this purpose myself.

**Thomas Paine** · July 7th, 2013, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by 762xIan

Should be a very strong joint. I keep syringes around for just this purpose myself.

syringes and joints. I don't like where this is going.

**DavidTM** · July 7th, 2013, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Thomas Paine

syringes and joints. I don't like where this is going.

It's OK Tom, I use to work at a tire making plant. And it was the only place where you could use words like "nipples" "flaps" "bladders" and "a good bead" and NOT get sued for sexual harassment.

**ungawa** · July 8th, 2013, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

A cat who walks across a very hot stove top will never walk across a hot stove top again, but she will never walk across a cold one either. I've seen it.

If the cat tripped and fell in the pan I could feed you for a day.

If I bought you a .22 you could feed yourself for a lifetime.