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Hi guys, How would you fill this in? Would you use wood filler? Maybe black bedding compound? http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s637/Koedoepeester/Husky.jpgAny advice is much appreciated Koedoe
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I'd bed the entire floor plate and the crack all at once. It'll be hard to see w/black and really how many times do you turn a rifle over and inspect the bottom. I presume this will be just a hunting rifle. powdr
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Yeper, weld it up.
Short of welding,, When you cut the butt for pull the trimming may be long (thick) enough to shape an inlay from. Tain't nothin' going to look correct, but at least the wood color ought to be a match.
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If that's a 98 action. just get a military trigger guard, they're longer.
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Inlay an ebony fleur-de-leis that comes slightly proud of the bottom metal and flows up into a neat little flower... It will look intentional and classy.
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I had this problem recently. A good welder can fix you right up so that noone will ever know.
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Anyone who knows Mausers will know the second they pick it up and look at it and see the extra long tang in front of the screw. "Fixed a f**kup, did ya"? Best bet is a classy inlay like Art suggested , or at the very least a skillfully camouflaged 'Dutchman' with the checkering pattern run back over the seam.
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NO on the welding. A nice checkering job would work the best to cover all mistakes.
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Koedoe..skilled welding and proper shaping of the tang should make it look just fine. 1909 Argentine Mausers and some others do have a longer tang.
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This is an old Husqvarna 98 Mauser I think it dates from the 1940's. The stock was looking pretty rough, so I first tried refinishing it but found that the wood was really very ugly and so bough the replacement stock from Boyds.
Everything fits perfectly except that the bottom metal on the Husqvarna is a bit shorter than on the Boyds stock. I may look for a military replacement seeing as there is already some damage on the trigger guard (Looks like it was dropped on something hard)
I am 99% done with the inleting, but nouw ran into a new issue that should probably be a thread on it's own.
Anyway I will let you chaps know how I make out. Thanks for the help
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Yes. If residual wood is available either do an inlay or sand up a good pile of dust and mix it with some relatively clear epoxy.
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maybe it would be better to finish up the inletting by drilling for the trigger guard screws. It would not surprise me if the mag box was too far back and when correctly inletting, the extrea space just might not be too bad... here's hoping!
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