Originally Posted by keith
Originally Posted by Jimmy W
I could glue that thing back together and you would never know it. Colors and textures wouldn't match? Besides who would care what that butt plate would look like anyway? It's already a little rough. I have put too many things back together with JB Weld. And you wouldn't have to paint it. All you have to do is glue the pieces back together and leave it the way it is.

Originally Posted by Jimmy W
Well, I just repaired a butt plate with JB Weld and you can't see any joints.

Originally Posted by Jimmy W
I have also repaired broken parts on my car without seeing any joints and they have held for decades.

Originally Posted by Jimmy W
And as I said, if you would have looked at the butt plate, the piece was already dented and a little rough, so I don't think a few epoxy lines will matter if they show when he fixes it.

Originally Posted by Jimmy W
If you think about it, when he is shooting the gun it is against his shoulder. When he's not shooting it, the gun will be sitting in a rack. Who's going to see it or worry about it while he is looking for another butt plate?

I am so confused DimmyW... Are you saying that you could repair this shattered buttplate using JB Weld, and the joints would not be visible without painting? Or are you saying the gray epoxy joints would be visible, but it won't matter?

Or are you saying both of those things in the same paragraph? You haven't been sniffing glue for 55 years, have you?

That sounds a lot like the double-speak we get from Global Warming Alarmist Scammers who say a warming climate will cause colder and more severe Winter weather.

I know it won't happen, but it would be cool if Lloyd sent you his broken buttplate, and you could show us how to JB Weld it with no visible glue joints, and no coloring of the joints with paint, dye, or permanent marker. You could post photos of the project in the D.I.Y. Amateur Gunsmithing Forum, and have the intense satisfaction of proving me wrong. You might even generate some retirement income by doing Free Tagline Advertising of your JB Weld Gunsmithing work. Otherwise, I'm calling...

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I did say a temporary fix would be fine until a suitable replacement could be found. Lloyd's gun looks to be in pretty nice shape for its' age, so his decision to buy a nice repro buttplate is smart, and won't detract from the gun like a JB Welded Jigsaw Puzzle.
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Last edited by Jimmy W; 05/03/25 02:40 AM.