Well at some stage I have to trust my gunsmith. He's built me two custom rifles. One in 7x57 (which he smoke fitted to the furniture)and a 9.3x62. He has also built a number of .404's and larger calibers for others that I know of.
He is happy that the stock is supporting all the relevant points under the action. Removing wood to replace it with epoxy seems pointless. I may as well replace the whole stock.
If the stock does split, then I'll have an excuse to go full custom. Maybe that's not a bad thing ... (evil grin)
( Pete E. I'm not stateside )
