My foray into the flint world.

[Blogman]

I keep the .44s for the revolvers and the .45 & .50s for the rifles. Yeah I kinda went overboard with the 500-360 (lesson learned-use less powder) On a good note, the doc told me I could finally hunt this year. Yeah! Finally get to go tromping in the woods.

 

[Blogman]

Just a bit of an update. I'm still tweaking her out here and there and just fired a couple a rounds. So far she hits the steel, just a point and shoot. Still have a bit of sanding that jumps up, tweaking on the tang and fighting with home made flints. I'm getting there.
I do have a question tho. I have a couple of micro cracks in the stock, very, very small, and want to know how to fill em. I caught most of the fine sanding falloff, could I mix that with glue for a color match?
Remember, I just fired it, she's dusty and finger prints galore.

 

[Blogman]

I do have a question tho. I have a couple of micro cracks in the stock, very, very small, and want to know how to fill em. I caught most of the fine sanding falloff, should I mix that with glue for a color match?

Yes/No?

 

[Pete G]

Yes/No?

If you use glue be sure to clamp crack completly closed and be sure to remove any excess .

 

[Blogman]

If you use glue be sure to clamp crack completly closed and be sure to remove any excess .

I'll try to get a couple of close-ups, can't use clamps in the spots, you'll see what I mean.

 

[Blogman]

Here ya go. Kinda like surface cracks, not through and through.

 

[flntlokr]

I would squeeze wood glue into them, wipe off the excess, and sand lightly over the crack. That will deposit the sanding dust in the glue in the crack, and they should pretty much dis appear

 

[Col. Batguano]

The crack near the wedge screw appears to have been caused by the screw. I would remove it when gluing and clamping it together, and re-drill with the next larger size. If it's a little sloppy you can use epoxy putty to take up some of the missing wood.

You may be able to pull the crack tight with a screw under the tang too

 

[Pete G]

Here ya go. Kinda like surface cracks, not through and through.View attachment 18660 View attachment 18661

You can clamp that was surgical tubing or strip of inner tube tightly wrapped around the stock.

 

[Don Steele]

Brownells offers a really thin cyanoacrylate stock repair glue, along with little single-use plastic applicators that allow you to get a tiny amount right into the split area.It's thin enough that it runs freely into the split. Once applied, wrap tightly with multiple turns of surgical tubing, tie it off and leave it overnight.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

I'd do the thinned super glue and put a piece of wood on the barrel channel side and one on the bottom and lightly clamp with a vise or a pair of C clamps to close the crack . Lightly is the key word , not sure the tubing will close those up.

 

[30coupe]

I've used both the surgical tubing and inner tube. The surgical tubing worked better. It is really surprising how much pressure you can get with it. The one on the butt it should pull together pretty well. The one near the escutcheon will require some care. If you use the tubing, you will need to either leave the barrel in or fashion a wooden spacer to make sure the tubing doesn't try to collapse the sides of the stock at the barrel channel. The wooden spacer would be preferable as it would allow you to get pressure on both the top and bottom of the forearm. It's good that you are taking care of those cracks now. Micro cracks tend to become macro cracks with time. Never the other way around.

Looks like a fun rifle that you will enjoy for years to come.