In a dilema

[John Reed]

So I was out shooting a round of sporting clays this afternoon when my Parkers stock broke in the pistol grip. This is a re-break of a previously, and poorly, repaired break from before I aquired the gun. It really stinks as this is my main clays SxS and what I had planned on shooting the Southern SxS with in a couple of weeks. I have a backup gun I can shoot, but man I love my 32" gun for clays. Anyone have any suggestions of someone that could do a quality repair?
Thanks,
John

[ED J, MORGAN]

Brian Dudley.

[Bob Jurewicz]

I'm guessing that the previous repair would prevent a sound and durable repair a second time. Experts am I correct?
Bob Jurewicz

[john pulis]

He is not always easy to deal with but I would call Dewey Vicknair, Vicknair Restorations, in PA. Donnie G. of Show Me gunstocks in MO can cut a blank from your original. Good luck.

[Brian Dudley]

You will be very hard pressed to find a solution to be able to shoot the gun in a couple weeks. To put it simply.


And yes bob, repairing a previously botched repair is not a good idea. Not that it cannot be done, but it certainly puts you behind. Of course, evaluation of the situation would tell for sure.
If it is in the cards, the absolute best option is to just restock it and be done with it. If you want to restock it, I would suggest maybe just cobbling it together by whatever means necessary for your shoot and then stocking it after. Or shoot your backup gun.

[Buddy Marson]

I had Brian restock my 20ga that had a break through the pistol grip. He installed a new straight grip stock and trigger guard. Brian does excellent Parker work! Somewhere in his photo album there are pictures of my gun.

[Buddy Marson]

John, look me up at the Fall SxS and I'll show you my gun.
Buddy

[George Davis]

Chris Robenalt
(602)-301-6101

Member and a master at stock repairs

[Bill Murphy]

My C grade "Charleston Gun" was broken through the grip. I put a brass plate on the right side of the grip and wrapped duct tape around the grip area until everything was held in place. I have been shooting her for several years without a problem. You do what you have to do until you find a stockmaker who meets your standards. Mills, ???

[Brian Dudley]

My C grade "Charleston Gun" was broken through the grip. I put a brass plate on the right side of the grip and wrapped tape around the grip area until everything was held in place. I have been shooting her for several years without a problem. You do what you have to do until you find a stockmaker who meets your standards. Mills, ???



Sounds interesting. Please share photos of it with us.

[Gerald McPherson]

My favorite gun had a repaired wrist break that failed. It broke completely into. Bill Swartz in Elijay Ga. was able to put it back together. He also installed a steel all thread rod inside the wrist. How I don't know. I have fired several hundred rounds and it is holding up well. Turn around time was fast about 2 weeks. PM your phone no. and I will send a picture of it.

[John Reed]

Well, I painted the broken surfaces down with titebond III and clamped up. I shall see how it does. The break wasnt a straight through break but instead a very jagged break that went through the wrist at an angle. I think this is better as it allowed a very good surface area of glue contact. We shall see...

[Brian Dudley]

The key to any repair like this is the reinforcement that is done to the joint. Not just the glue joint.
These days I have been having great results with carbon fiber dowel. It is stronger than steel, and adds no weight.