Originally Posted by erich
You will see a number of drillings with bolts through the heads of the stocks to repair that problem.

Here's one
https://simpsonltd.com/greifelt-co-suhl-drilling/

they also might be able to heat it i oil and bend it back like they bend stocks to change drop and cast.

Stock replacement is quite expensive.

I bought a drilling the the whole head was shattered, with pieces missing and glued it back together, making and fitting the missing pieces and re inletting the locks to the new replacement pieces.

My old boss used to say "We do the difficult jobs, the impossible ones are just more expensive".


Greifelts were notorious for broken stocks and being loose. The early post war Sauers have the screws factory installed across the cheeks.

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