Well, it is not a very expensive gun (ok, I admit it, it is a cheap SxS double rifle in 45/70). As much as I like shooting it, I don't know if it is worth the money to restock. Whoever went at it might have dropped it, and tried to repair. There is a defect ( divit, trench, whatever ) across the length of the bottom of the checkering; I estimate about an eighth of an inch deep by about twice that wide. Looks like a file was dragged across. I picked up the gun and went at the stock because it was so blocky and looked like a canoe paddle to begin with. I went at the stock and recontoured it and refinished it, but couldn't figure what to do with such a big divit.
OK, I have to fess up. It is a Russian/Rem. I was figuring I've got a couple of old stocks around that I could cut the donor checkering panels from ( maybe a quarter inch thick?) and epoxy in like an inlay. If I remove all around to rechecker like suggested, the wrist will be way skinnier than I like. I am just experimenting on a low cost gun.
I don't want to transplant anything except the checkering panels on the grip. Still a fool's folly?
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