Glue for Rifle Stock Repair???

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Olle

Those discs can be found on eBay, but they're getting kinda pricey. My project was on a shoestring budget, so I simply turned a brass disc and aged it a bit by scratching and dinging it, then wiping it with Blacken-It ( http://www.micromark.com/blacken-it-4-fl-oz,7267.html ). It turned out nicely, but it would have looked much better with the markings.

I've seen pics of regimental marked disks on SurplusRifle Forum, but have no idea what regiments they belong to, or if there was a standard for the marks [letters/numbers/slashes]...I have one steel & one brass...

For my fake carbines, I fill the disk hole in with a wood plug, since part of it gets milled out anyway for the sling relief...

[sheepherder]

I'm doing another 1891 Argentine Mauser stock extension, to make another bubba-ized rifle into a carbine w/full-length stock; this time I milled a 1/2" wide x 3/8" high x 6" long slot in the combined bubba-ized stock & extension...Then I milled a same size Walnut 'plug' and glued it in place...I rough sanded it down...

It looks like a butt-splice, but it's actually a hidden tongue & groove splice.

When I first started, both the stock and extension looked the same color...(I had seven Mauser/Steyr/Enfield stocks to choose the extension from)...I chose an Enfield No 4 stock for the extension...The color looked close...

After sanding, the colors no longer match...

No matter. The barrel cap, front sight band & blade, and rear band/sling swivel are en route.