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Taking the bulge out of those laminated barrels can be done. They will be a little "tender" in that area. As long as you are careful, it should be OK.
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I like it, I would start by taking off the brass patch and soaking the parts to remove the oil, I would also wash the stock with alcohol. At that point it may be possible to epoxy the wood together. The toe chip is easy, just plane it off and transplant a new piece of wood with epoxy and form it.. I would also work to stop any barrel rust NOW. A minimum of a strong WD40 spray and then polish, if a lot of polishing is required inside and out it may be a good idea to check wall thickness.
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I like it, I would start by taking off the brass patch and soaking the parts to remove the oil, I would also wash the stock with alcohol. At that point it may be possible to epoxy the wood together. The toe chip is easy, just plane it off and transplant a new piece of wood with epoxy and form it.. I would also work to stop any barrel rust NOW. A minimum of a strong WD40 spray and then polish, if a lot of polishing is required inside and out it may be a good idea to check wall thickness.
bill No active rust I can find, except a tad on the tip of the right barrel tip at the ding, but it has been well oiled. I can do some of the stock work, but will probably send it to the guy who has done other stock work for me. I can check the wall thickness at the breech and muzzle with my micrometer. Is that enough? If not, how is it done?
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Bill, looks to me like the brass plates are mortised into the top of the stock wrist. Would be pretty difficult to lay in a pair of patches to fill those and still blend them. Might be doable with a fair amount of faux graining, though.
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Actually, my plan is to have the stock repaired and recheckered, but leave the brass plates and engrave them. I think it will add character to the piece and they are pat of the gun's history.
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Actually, my plan is to have the stock repaired and recheckered, but leave the brass plates and engrave them. I think it will add character to the piece and they are part of the gun's history.
Last edited by Rudybollo; 12/16/08 10:25 PM.
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muzzle (where chokes might be) and breech are not the places to measure wall thickness; ideally, you want to know all the way along the barrels, and ideally, you really want to know that it's thick enough where your leading/non-master hand is. Wall thickness gauge is the tool for that job, not a pair of calipers.
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