Need Stock Help

[esetter - Gerry Addison]

Dave told me he is actually using carbon fiber and epoxy in some form. Said they never break at the repair, but he has had a couple come back with a break above or below the repair. Said it is usually because the grain does run the wrong direction in the highly figured guns through the entire length of the wrist.

[Joe Bernfeld]

The bottom gun in this pic is my 28 ga Repro that I repaired. It broke completely in half right behind the tangs when I fell down carrying it. A good break with all the pieces saved, and some strong epoxy, and it's held for about 5 years so far. Pretty hard to see the repair. I had to refinish the stock and clean up the checkering after the repair, but I much prefer oil finish anyway . I would certainly repair the stock before I had a new one made.