Re-enactor Besses often have the same break! One guy's Bess was 'resting' in the gun carriage when they started pulling it away! Snap! That's why you see the brass repair plates on them so often. The newer brown wood glue states it has a 4,000 lb. strength! Try it, put a 'cool' brass plate on it, and it's a genuine real-life frontier repair!
It's a kibler so 300ish I believe?
Yeah, I'm ok with how to fix it, just worried with the grain running across the wrist that I could get it strong enough. Thanks for your thoughts.
Yeah, I've had a year so far. First day for me this year and the guns first hunt. Stuff happens but am sick about it.
Yes, why I'm a little worried about strength.
Thanks for the info, guess I'll try a fix first.
It's a classic example of bad grain flow in the wrist area. There's not much to be done about it but some sort of reinforcement. It looks like a nice stock so maybe a traditional repair would be the way to go. You could always make up a good story as to how it happened.
Id fix it with a epoxied 3/8" all thread both directions of the crack. There will be a shown crack when done, but that will give the gun character. The crack exposure could be somewhat better in appearance if you wanted to tackle messing with the stain & finish beyond minimum stain dab where color may have been removed. JMO.
Grain is an issue. That is why I suggested a 3/8" epoxied threaded rod plus glue.
Definitely the way to go, thank you.
