I've repaired several walnut and one maple stock that were cracked in the wrist area. Never thought I'd see a laminate with a similar crack. Lesson: Don't shoot a lightweight flint rifle with heavy bullets and 100 grains of Swiss FFFg, especially in a lead sled. Result: Straight grippped laminate stock is split through the grip area. Origial manufacturer is belly up, so I fix it or spend more than the rifle is worth on a new stock. In the past, I've used brass screws or better yet brass pins epoxied in place. I've never worked with a laminate before, and this crack is really nasty. Are there any special techniques for repairing laminate? Thanks, Stoney

Nobody?

If you can slide it back together ? and if you have a milling machine you can mill a wedge under the trigger guard once glue has hardened , or use Micro -Bed then make a wedge ti insert in milled slot sounds like a lot of rigging but I have done shotguns this way and they are still working .

work it just like a wood stock, for crack repairs .. what caliber, btw? and how much lead in the sled?

i use either stainless 5/16 bolts or brass .. and marine tex grey.

The rifle is a 50 caliber. Ordinarily, I use a sinclair rest and bags, but recently had some cervical nerves burned off at the Cleveland Clinic. There were two sand bags in the rest-no lead. Total weight of the rest with sand is about 27 pounds. The rifle is about 7 pounds. I dropped the laminate at my stockmaker's shop today. This one is beyond my somewhat limited abilities. The crack extends all the around the wrist and under the breech. I blamed the lead sled. My pro says the stock was defective in that the breech/tang area were not properly fitted. This rifle has a L&R lock, Green Mountain 1/28" barrel and a crisp 2 pound trigger. I've killed two deer and a 400 pound boar with this piece and my intention was to kill a bison with it next year. The factory stock handles felt recoil pretty well for such a light rifle, but the laminate is UGLY. If we can't fix it easily, I'll spring for a decent walnut stock.

Sorry to hear the stock broke. I agree with your smith, as 27 lbs on a leads is less than what most folks can change just putting their chest to bear by just leaning forward.

A light gun, if the toe is trapped, is likely to break. My first 500 Jeffery did the same, on sandbags and on my shoulder, longer before there was a lead sled

Look at track of the wolf web site possibly you will find a compatible stock there

Cox Gun Shop in PA bought the rights from RMC when then discontinnued these rifles. I sent them E-mail asking who manufactured these stocks. I'll contact the folks at TOW as well. Stoney