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bambihunter
As some of you already know (and have helped me with) I'm refinishing an old CVA Mountian Rifle stock. I've got it sanded down and I'm about to start with the oil removal techniques you guys suggested and I noticed something else.

Several of the small screws that hold the wedge pins are stripped out. The holes are open all the way through to the barrel channel. What would be the best way to repair this? I used to use a toothpick/glue method that works well, but I don't think there's enough material for that to work very well. My guess is the stock thickness there is only 1/4" or so and the screws are small, but if I go larger then I'd have to open the hole on the wedge pin holder.


Sorry for all the questions, this is the first gun I've refinished that wasn't in decent shape and/or that I really didn't care how it turned out. This gun is just going to be for hunting, but it's the one I've taken over 50 deer with and I owe it to her to do the best job I can. [:)]
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  • bama55
    bambihunter,

    I have never had much luck with wood filler on a stock.

    Try to find a dowel rod of the same type wood as the stock. Drill the screw hole out to the size of the rod and glue a piece in place. Sand the rod piece down, then re-drill the screw hole. That has worked best for me.

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  • 260
    bambihunter, this is what i would do.when you are ready to put it back together, use a small amount of acraglass in the holes with some tape on the back side in the barrel channel.then put paste wax on the screws. carefully screw them in. wipe the excess off with vineager soaked rag .once this is set its there forever. but you can remove the screws.
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  • Madman
    As a "smith" I restore much in the way of stock problems. Both suggested approachs are great. As a traditionalist the wooden dowel approach would be my preference. good luck

    Harley
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  • bobski
    on the dowel, make sure you cut a glue channel to vent off excess glue. just take a razor and make 2 cuts. thats all it will take.
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  • rhmc24
    The dowel method is the poorest of above suggestions. Acraglas is close. Make sure screw hole is clean. Make a paste of epoxy glue and sawdust, paste wax on the screw, put glue paste in the screw hole about one third full. With a toothpick spread the glue good against the sides of the hole. Wax up everything else likely to be touched by the glue and assemble the piece, coat the screw lightly with the glue paste, pushing the screw down into the hole as far as it will go. Clamp it in place if possible. Wipe off glue that extrudes out. After it hardens remove the screw and with a drill about half the screw diameter drill into the glued hole about 1/8 inch. Then insert screw and tighten. That last hole makes room for the screw to go in a tad deeper than when you glued it. I have used this method many years. Use a high strength epoxy glue. Acraglas my be better than ordinary epoxy glue but you can get the glue locally.
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  • Pinhead
    I've used the dowel method(It works), I've used the acraglas method(it works also), but the best looking method was the mixture of acraglas and sanding shavings. I save my sanding dust from sanding the stock I am working on at the time so that I can get as good of a match as I can if I need to repair the stock that I am working on at that time. If you will sprinle a little of the sading dust onto the acrglas as it begins to set up it will even take a slight amount of stain(if you are going to stain) and look a little less like a repair. It will not be perfect but it will look better. Follow the instructions of the previous writers as well and your repair will last longer than the surrounding wood. Either method works - the choice is yours. Pinhead
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