Those original repairs were something special, I'm all for pulling them out and making the old gun look good again but goodness you have to enjoy those raw practicable repairs.
i think with all the wood damage i would have pretty much gone for a restock.
James.
They were very raw. You could wobble the stock side to side a couple of inches.
As much damage as this had, a restock was still impractical. The gun just isn't worth enough to justify it.
I made a point of running screws at 90* to the original break to help with any shearing forces under recoil. I also used G-Flex marine epoxy which handles flexing loads very well. I don't have any doubt it will hold up to a reasonable amount of shooting if the new owner wishes to do so.
I bought it for the renovation practice, both wood and metal. It went up on GB today. Can't keep them all.
