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idahoron
07-18-2019, 12:24 AM
I have seen three of these stocks.

https://i.imgur.com/388Azi2.jpg

The first one I had I bedded the stock and broke it trying to get the barrel back out of the stock. This was it with my Cabelas Hawken furniture.

https://i.imgur.com/m8YrBKj.jpg

After that one broke I decided to get another one and actually got two more. I got them for a steal, probably because they break. :bigsmyl2:
I fell off a ladder last January and I have had some time off. So I decided to fill the buttstock with a two part epoxy that is used to glue quarter panels on cars at auto body shops.

https://i.imgur.com/rSdtwTk.jpg

I left a couple inches so I could install a block of wood to screw the buttplate to .

https://i.imgur.com/4F0SKsQ.jpg

So I mixed up some Devcon and poured it in. Then added the wood block and topped it off with more devcon.

https://i.imgur.com/T2bMTYI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QTxdvyj.jpg

I re drilled the pad to match my wood block and then I drilled the wood block. Then I wrapped the stock with masking tape to protect the stock.

https://i.imgur.com/gouVyX9.jpg

I think I will probably paint the stock with something that will make it look like the tan with webbing like the Bell and Carlson stocks. But this is it for now. I plan to leave my Hawken with the wood stock but if it breaks I want to have a couple of options.

https://i.imgur.com/kDBbbyG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9My3I6J.jpg
taco650
07-18-2019, 09:30 PM
Where did the first stock break?
RED BEAR
07-18-2019, 11:06 PM
Looks like a nice repair.
idahoron
07-19-2019, 02:12 AM
Where did the first stock break?

Right at the wrist
idahoron
07-19-2019, 02:12 AM
Looks like a nice repair.

Its not so much as a repair. It is more like preventative maintenance.
Fly
07-19-2019, 09:31 AM
Ron sorry I like wood better.

Fly
pietro
07-19-2019, 10:41 AM
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Could you please explain why you changed the stock bottom line at the toe ? . :)

Was the recoil pad too short to continue the line through the pad ?
idahoron
07-19-2019, 12:02 PM
Ron sorry I like wood better.

Fly

I agree 100%. This was just a back up stock in case I get a broken stock. We all know how the stocks break with the TC guns.
idahoron
07-19-2019, 12:03 PM
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Could you please explain why you changed the stock bottom line at the toe ? . :)

Was the recoil pad too short to continue the line through the pad ?

That was purely a oops with the grinder.
LAGS
07-19-2019, 04:25 PM
You are correct about the TC stocks having a habit of breaking.
I made up a Clamping Jig to repair the stocks, and after Gluing them back together, I insert a sleeve around the lock mounting screw bedded into the wood and a couple of thru dowels from top to bottom to secure the top and bottom half of the stocks together.
So far they have worked out fine, even on a stock that I bought that was in Two pieces.
But your Composite Back Up stock , is a very good Idea.
smithnframe
08-01-2019, 06:00 AM
What a thing to do to a muzzleloader!
idahoron
08-01-2019, 03:05 PM
What a thing to do to a muzzleloader!

Having a back up sock is a bad thing?
LAGS
08-01-2019, 03:19 PM
I was thinking that you were leaning towards an "All Weather Stock"
Which is a Very good idea knowing what the weather is like during most Big Game Hunts.
idahoron
08-01-2019, 07:02 PM
I was thinking that you were leaning towards an "All Weather Stock"
Which is a Very good idea knowing what the weather is like during most Big Game Hunts.

That would be an option too. TC stocks are so hard to get now that I am not passing up on any that I can get my hands on.
LAGS
08-02-2019, 02:34 AM
You are correct on the availability of TC stocks in good condition.
That is why I started repairing a lot of them that were cracked.
But I have had to make a couple from a blank.
I may end up picking up one of those Plastic stocks too, for a Back Up, or to use the rifle while I Make, Modify or Build a new stock for it.