I'm an amatuer hack, but I've been shiooting a gun with a repaired break about as bad as this one--including with some pretty stout shells--for about 2 years now.
Shortly after I first did the repair the acraglas started separating, but it wasn't a sudden failure it was held in place by the pin I put inside the stock--I had not gotten good contact of both sides of the break and the joint was somewhat starved of glue. I re-did the repair and it has been going strong ever since. I also repaired an old stock on a fox last year to make a pattern stock, and shot a couple thousand targets with the repaired stock while shooting the pattern all summer--zero issues.
As far as oversized holes, I did not--I first epoxied the stock then after it had set drilled holes of the correct size and epoxied in threaded rod in a few places. Dennis Earl Smith was really great, encouraged me and gave a few pointers and some coaching--I definitely appreciated his time and generosity.
Last edited by David Furman; 04/01/10 04:45 PM.
