03A3 Saved Sporterized C-Stock

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  • TomCulver
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2012
    • 10

    #1

    03A3 Saved Sporterized C-Stock

    Gentlemen:

    Thought you might like to see how a friend's C-Stock was saved. He had a sporterized stock that was cut off above the strap band. He also came up with a piece of the front of another stock that had been more drastically sporterized, below the strap band.

    Step-1
    We used a blind-cut on the main stock and created a tab on the front piece so the front part of the stock would insert into the main stock about an inch and a half. We then covered the barrel with plastic wrap and JB welded everything together holding until cure with rubber basnds.

    Step-2
    Unable to make a true dove-tail, we opted to add a spline and later use 4 dowels to achieve tension between the 2 stock pieces.

    Step-3
    Once the JB Weld cured, we then created a channel to match both stocks and used JB Weld to insert the spine in-place. This was clamped in-place and set aside to cure. The last step was to drill 4 holes, offset so as to not compromise the thickness of the spline and JB Weld in-place.

    We had fun and saved this poor stock.

    Thanks for viewing.....
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  • Jeff L
    xxxxxxxxx
    • Aug 2009
    • 1984

    #2
    Nice job!
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    • danco101

      #3
      This is a great job! It would be a good idea for someone to market some Walnut pieced that are a closer match to the original cut outs, as these stocks seem to have the same diameter milling cuts inside, and sell them as repair kits with epoxie glue, I have done these repairs also, and there are a lot of cut down 03's out there, perhaps Brownells would get on board!

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      • Dick Hosmer
        Very Senior Member - OFC
        • Aug 2009
        • 5993

        #4
        Stock stretching is nothing new, but I've not seen the dowels before, clever idea. Nice job!

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        • mp_tx
          Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 45

          #5
          Very nice. I have a scant that needs the same fix. I have the pieces, but not the skill. Please let me know if you offer this as a service!

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          • bruce
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 3759

            #6
            Excellent work. The use of dowels is a tried and true method for such repair/restoration. You did an excellent job. Sincerely. bruce.
            " Unlike most conservatives, libs have no problem exploiting dead children and dancing on their graves."

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