Glue for Rifle Stock Repair???

sheepherder · 05-17-2013, 08:42 PM

I picked up a bubba-ized 1891 Argentine Mauser from my LGS; usual butchering, ~6" of barrel chopped off, a foot of stock chopped off...

I can't restore it as a rifle, but I can make it into a faux 'cavalry carbine'...To do this I need to add ~5" of wood to the fore end (the carbine is full stocked)...

I don't have Reid Coffield's patience (or woodworking skills), so I milled the stock and an old Enfield stock end in a 'tongue & groove' configuration...

Now I need to glue it...In the far past, before the Greens and the Do-Gooders ruined glue, I used Resorcinol Glue for my woodworking projects (that's the brown glue you see between plies in plywood). The commercially available Resorcinol Glue now is crap.

So for most joins like this, I now use Polyester Resin (used with Fiberglas mat or cloth in boats, hot rod bodies, Corvettes, etc). That's probably what I'll use here.

But I'm interested in what the experienced woodworkers out there use for projects like this. I'm not concerned with looks, field expedient repairs aren't intended to be beautiful. I want something that will hold up.

What do you use???

05-17-2013, 08:42 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Glue for Rifle Stock Repair??? I picked up a bubba-ized 1891 Argentine Mauser from my LGS; usual butchering, ~6" of barrel chopped off, a foot of stock chopped off... I can't restore it as a rifle, but I can make it into a faux 'cavalry carbine'...To do this I need to add ~5" of wood to the fore end (the carbine is full stocked)... I don't have Reid Coffield's patience (or woodworking skills), so I milled the stock and an old Enfield stock end in a 'tongue & groove' configuration... Now I need to glue it...In the far past, before the Greens and the Do-Gooders ruined glue, I used Resorcinol Glue for my woodworking projects (that's the brown glue you see between plies in plywood). The commercially available Resorcinol Glue now is crap. So for most joins like this, I now use Polyester Resin (used with Fiberglas mat or cloth in boats, hot rod bodies, Corvettes, etc). That's probably what I'll use here. But I'm interested in what the experienced woodworkers out there use for projects like this. I'm not concerned with looks, field expedient repairs aren't intended to be beautiful. I want something that will hold up. What do you use??? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...