Cabela's Hawken carbine...

[TennesseeJed]

This morning at the gunshow a seller had a Cabela's Hawken carbine for sale for $100.00. I checked it out and it was loaded and has a couple of small hairline cracks in the lock panel, one at the top and one at the rear. He asked if I wanted it and I told him about the cracks and he said he'd take $80.00 for it. I bought it, took it home and pulled the load. It was a sabot without the bullet and I'm not sure which powder substitute it was. I cleaned it out and will say the previous owner had done a fantastic job of upkeep on the rifle. It doesn't have a chrome lined bore or a patchbox like the full size Hawken that I have by them though.

What's the best way for repairing the cracks?

 

[Stubert]

I had a cracked stock on a pistol. I drilled a couple of small holes, filled them with carpenters glue and pressed a dowl into them. When dry cut off the dowl and sand flush then stain to match. doesnt look great but its strong.

 

[Rogue River]

Can you post a picture of the cracks? hotoSmile:

 

[Sinner]

You might try pushing a toothpick in the cracks to slightly seperate them if possible, and then use 5-minute epoxy or gorilla glue in the cracks, and pull the toothpicks. Good buy!

 

[upperplains]

My father was a diabetic so I use the needles and syringes from the supplies that he used when he was still with us. I just fill the syringe with wood glue and insert the needle as far into the crack as possible by spreading and twisting to get the crack to open up. Squirt glue until it seeps from the edges of the wood. Then apply a spring clamp. It has worked for me quite well.

 

[TennesseeJed]

Does anyone know what size the cleanout screw is?

 

[TennesseeJed]

I e-mailed Track of the Wolf and they told me the size and suggested set screws from a hardware store. I went to Ace today and found the one that fits and took the rifle out and shot it a few times this evening. Went boom every time I pulled the trigger but it shoots quite a bit low. I had loaded it up and was walking back to the post I was shooting off of and two whitetails came strolling out of the field without a care in the world. Why don't they do things like that during muzzleloader season...