Pic rel is an old Ithica I inherited from my grandpa.The stock has a good chunk of wood missing, and as a result you can see down into the internals, plus the stock moves a good bit. What would be the best corse of action to fix something like this?
>>64460090Try to source a new stock. Thats unfixable. Anything you do to repair will just break again.
>>64460090Any decent gunsmith could fix that for a moderate price.Buying a replacement stock is a bad idea. Civilian guns for this era rarely have interchangable parts, so the other stock would need to be handfitted to the action, work that would take a gunsmith longer (thus be more expensive) than fixing the original stock.
>>64460090Locate a reputable gunsmith that specializes in this type of repairs and let them determine what the best course would be. In fact, get more than one opinion on it if you can before having work done.
>>64460090I thought it was a thread about war elephant armour.
OP screenshot looks like a suit of plate armor for an anteater.
>brass pins>black colored epoxy>pieces of similar wood>filing and fitting
>>64460101No you dumb shit, you sand it flat, make a replacement piece from an impression in clay, put in two mini pegs in drill holes and glue it.If you can competently clamp and glue this is fixable. Try using a horse hide glue, unless you millenial mind doesn't know about that.
That’s an easy fix. Just chisel it flat, glue in a scrap of walnut, shape it to fit and stain it to match.
>>64460750You do that it looks right but it's not going to fix it being loose on the inside. That's a cosmetic fix not a structural one. If it wasn't a 12 Guage you can get away with what you're suggesting.
>>64460558>>64460642Oh yeah, I see it! Haha>>64461162That doesn’t sound too hard. Big if true
You look at it and there are signs the wood itself is compromised. There's the darkening near the edges where years of oil soaking into the wood from the gun being stored up right has fucked it. There's a chip missing on the opposite side. You do the easy repair others are suggesting and it still going to break again. Not in the area you fixed if anything that will be the soild part. The other sides going to go.
>>64460090Thumbnail looks like an armored war elephant
>>64461239NTA but if the looseness comes from a crack widening the stock then you can fix that with acraglas and maybe a pin or threaded rod/screw to hold the crack shut. If the bedding is worn out, then acraglas can also fix that. 12ga makes it harder but I don't think it's impossible. Whether or not a new stock is cheaper than a fix at home is anyone's guess being a shotgun OP hasn't mentioned the model or maker of.>>64461527You can degrease the stock (whiting or acetone) but it will be extra work and require a refinish afterwards most likely. Then rebed with Acraglas.
>>64462315Rubbing acetone on it is not going to pull oil out of wood. It might effect the surface where it doesn't look greasy but now it's even softer. With all the work you put into attempting to salvage trash just get or make a new stock.If he takes it off and actually looks there's going to be more damage like hairline cracks in it that haven't failed in an obvious way but will.
>>64462594Why do you assume the most retarded use of a method first? You don't fucking rub acetone on the wood, I'd fucking know, I've done this before. You leave it submerged in acetone for hours for the acetone to soak in and pull the oil out. Yes, it's a lot of acetone. But a big can you can half submerge the stock in is like $20 at Walmart and that will probably spill over out of that can if you cut the top off and shove a stock in it. The stock might end up a little punkier than it started in the worst spots but on something like this that hasn't seen constant abuse in use, care, and storage I doubt it's enough to matter. You can fix anything, though, and Acraglas and resins that soak in and reinforce wood and other materials do exist if the part is unobtanium enough. It is probably cheapest to just replace, however, but the challenge there is finding a damn replacement, especially for those "I've never fucking heard of this maker/model" break action single shot 12ga shotguns (which some double barrels fall into).>If he takes it off and actually looks there's going to be more damage like hairline cracks in it that haven't failed in an obvious way but will.There could definitely be more damage; only way to know is if anon removes it and looks himself, though.
>>64460101not true at all, wood is very easy to repair assuming he can take it apart and has the tools, all you really need is some chisels and a piece of similar wood and line up the grain.
