Guys,

I am in the process of refinishing a pre-64 Model 70 stock which has a couple of small areas where some wood has been damaged.

Specifically, around the bottom metal inletting, one of the corners in front of the trigger guard has been knocked off.

What would be the "best" material to "patch" this up? Basically, I want something to even to even this up and durably maintain the contour. I don't expect to get it to the point where it looks undamaged

I was thinking of tinting some white devcon epoxy to a general brown color. This sound like a reasoonable idea?

Any thoughts welcome...

TIA,

Bob

I have used hard Maple saw dust mixed into the Brownells glass bedding epoxy....the stuff in the red box....the runny stuff....it darkens surprisingly to about the color of walnut.....I tried walnut saw dust but it was almost black....a very dark brown and just too dark to match.

The most aesthetic method is to fit a wooden patch as suggested above. Failing that, if you mix a little colloidal silica (available at any shop that uses large quantities of epoxy, such as a boat builder, or just buy some) into the epoxy first. It will turn white and provide a perfect base for tinting to a perfect color match. Hint: a little sanding dust at this point goes a looong way. Use a fine tip artist's brush to paint some faux grain and voila! The wood "dutchman" is still the best way though.

You can often cut a plug of wood from elsewhere on the stock, under buttplate, in barrel channel, etc. with which to make the repair.

I agree with cutting a donor piece from the stock to fill it. Next, I would use Elmers Wood Filler tinted with acrylic artist colors. Then faux grain with acrylics. Elmers WF is made from wood dust and acrylic resin. Drys fast and hard and takes stain well.

Small nicks can be filled with 5-minute epoxy or thick super glue.