Right through the recoil lug area? Might be fixable by coating the whole cracked area with epoxy and squeezing it back together. If that doesn't work, I have a 700 stock that's more or less surplus, could be had reasonable.
Tom
Posts: 14737 | Location: Moreno Valley CA USA | Registered: 20 November 2000
I fyou can get it to spread even th slightest bit you can get acraglass into it. Then put a brass screw across it. Brownells makes a kit for this with proper drill bit and brass "all-thread".
Had a similar problem recently, though the crack went in the other direction. On a HVA 640 (i.e. Mauser m/98) in 9.3x62. Crack from mag well all the way back into grip area. Cure: Widen crack with wooden wedges, as much as you dare. Heat, with hair dryer or whatever, to ~60 - 70 centigrade. Put good oldfashioned slow Araldite epoxy into crack(s), from one side only and continue heating until araldite oozes out the other side. Crack is now full! Remove wedges and clamp firmly! Lots of epoxy will be sqeezed out and have to be removed later. On top of this I pinned the stock, with threaded brass rod 1/4", screwed into 7/32" holes. It looks good so far.
What caliber? Sometimes that makes a difference. I would try gluing it, either with epoxy or with a 2 part wood glue. Balou's idea with wedges is good, but you don't have to widen the heck out of the crack, just enough so you can work the adhesive in with a toothpick. When the glue is all in wrap the stock with some bungee cord, or else buy a package of rubber bands and put a bunch of them on it. Carefull as you can put too much pressure and squeeze all the glue out, just cinch it down tight enough to make the line small. If you pin it later on it will be stronger than new, but this might be all you need, and it can be pretty invisible if done right.
Oh, the biggest blemishes can occur if you do not clean up excess glue promptly and the gun stock won't finish up where it was sitting, so try to be as clean as possible there.
Posts: 7777 | Location: Between 2 rivers, Middle USA | Registered: 19 August 2000
Thats an easy fix....install a couple of external crossbolts and glass it back together, it will be BETTER than new and will never break again...May require stock to be refinished, depending on the damage...
All 9.3x62's and larger calibers should have External Crossbolts installed, before a shot is fired thru them and glass bedding the recoil area and tang is a problem saved.....
A tip on getting the 'glass down into the crack- Use air pressure to blow it in. If you don't have a compressor, one of the "Air Dusters" used for computers would work. Doesn't take a lot of pressure.
I place a wedge of hardwood in the action and tap it gently until the crack spreads a little, then clean the wood with alcohol or acetone...force the glass compound in the crack. Then wrap the gun with surgical tubing and let it cure a few days. then refinish the area to match or refinish the whole gun....Install cross bolts and glass tang and recoil area.
