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I jumped to a conclusion too quickly. Quite a well defined mineral line. It is an interesting project for certain.

As is usually the case, things get revealed when you take apart a 115 yo gun. In this case, once the finish was stripped, a lot more fiddleback has shown up than either Claudio or I expected.

to be able to watch as something like this happens would be like a kid on christmas morning...

Absolutely, I'm really enjoying this!
Karl

James and Claudio ,this is a great thread !

There you are!.....glad to hear from you
Yup we both decided it was a good way to keep our sanity.
Only two of us at my place but she�s get�n crowded inside...if you get my drift

Good thing I have the shop......

Agreed Claudio ,the shop is a great hiding place !....I have nothing as inspiring as the Daly on the bench at the moment ,just bread and butter field grade checkering to clue up a bunch of refinish work .

first time I gutted a Linder Daly I fell in love ,this just makes me want one more

I almost fell over reading your post. I have an early 10 Ga George Lindner hammer gun in the same condition. Maybe all that oil the Germans used on their stocks at the end of season dissolved the glue leading to loss of the horn inlays? I just finished the missing forend and grip cap pieces with photos at the various stages if anyone is interested. What oil are you planning on using on the wood?

Rick

Well Claudio was busy over the weekend. And probably a bit last week. So we have a few more photos and a bit more to the story today. Time for a little work on the stock.

First, the oval needed to be reset. As you can see from this pic, it had raised itself over time.



So it got pulled out using a little heat and a lot of care:





The hole it fits in was cleaned up with a little careful sanding:



And the oval fitted neatly back into it's place:

Next, it was time to address the damaged grip insert. Here it is as it was:



And here is the new insert, in place.

Edit - Correction Claudio and I were unsure of the original material. My thinking was that it was made from gutta percha, a reasonably common material back in those days derived from certain trees, much like rubber is. Gutta percha was used as the cover on golf balls back in the day, prior to the use of balata rubber and then Surlyn, a man made material mostly still in use today. I'm familiar with gutta percha from my many years in the golf industry. A guy we used to work with in the US invented Surlyn. Golf equipment manufacturing......another reservoir of completely untapped and useless info stored in my cranium. Claudio texted me last night to let me know that he was able to rehab the original material. So it is not a replacement but the original item brought back from the dead!