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Originally posted by hit-em:
I decided to make my wife a new rifle based on a Sako L579 using a octagon barrel
She picked out a really nice piece of Claro Walnut with tons of color & figure..not my first choice but she liked the foo foo that this stock had.

Any way,after I got it inletted I decided to fully bed the barrel action. I thought I had cleared all of the bedding compound from any areas that would of bound the action.

I should of know I had a problem when I had a heck of problem breaking it free, but going into my brain dead mode I kept at it until it finally broke free.

I thought everything was fine until I noticed I had a crack coming from the back of the bolt release traveling down toward the grip.
It's about 1 1/2"-2" long ....I was thinking of taking some very thin super glue & seeing if I can glue it.

My question is will this work & can I save the stock, if not what can I do if anything to save the stock ??? or do I start over ???

The picture is not the stock, but shows where the crack is .....

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Originally posted by congomike:
A gunsmith I used to work for used this method:
Take some acraglass, the very thin, liquid type, and use an air compressor to blow it into the crack. He used to just VERY SLIGHTLY spread the crack so as to get more in. Clamp tightly and wipe off excess. I saw him repair many cracked stocks this way, all kinds of wood, figured and plain, and none ever came back.

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Originally posted by hit-em:

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Originally posted by congomike:
A gunsmith I used to work for used this method:
Take some acraglass, the very thin, liquid type, and use an air compressor to blow it into the crack. He used to just VERY SLIGHTLY spread the crack so as to get more in. Clamp tightly and wipe off excess. I saw him repair many cracked stocks this way, all kinds of wood, figured and plain, and none ever came back.

This sounds like a way to go...Is there a way to thin Acraglass to make it even thinner ??

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Originally posted by congomike:
A gunsmith I used to work for used this method:
Take some acraglass, the very thin, liquid type, and use an air compressor to blow it into the crack. He used to just VERY SLIGHTLY spread the crack so as to get more in. Clamp tightly and wipe off excess. I saw him repair many cracked stocks this way, all kinds of wood, figured and plain, and none ever came back.