Jester896
Senior Clown
First up was this
I'm not sure if everyone remembers the paint scheme that was on that .308LTR I picked up
I thought that I would strip it to check what was underneath
The first thing I did was remove the recoil pad so nothing would happen to it.
Top screw came out fine but I couldn't get the bottom out...it seemed loose but the pad wouldn't pull away. I decided to take it to my buddy's yesterday to help me figure out sup.
We finally decided the bottom screw was stripped in the stock. We decided to use a double ended blade from a utility knife to gently tap between the pad backing plate and the stock. We got it in both ends but it was still being difficult. We could see the sides came loose but the ends were still attached. We kept at it and it came off.
It appeared it had been glued on with what looked like Super Glue. So naturally it damage the stock as well as the backing plate for the pad. Sorry I didn't think to snap a few while we worked. We resurfaced the face of the stock and the recoil pad to remove the damaged area.
The stock cleaned up pretty good on the table top belt sander except for those few pits and I think that I think will be fine. The recoil pad didn't clean up as well and cracked in a few spots.
I am going to use this to attempt to repair the pad and fill the voids. I'll put some release agent on some tin so it come off easy and try to reshape it when the epoxy dries
If not I will replace it. I am going to dowel the bottom hole with a maple golf tee and wait for the glue to dry, pilot drill it, thread it and then put a couple drops of thin super glue in the threads (helicoil if you will) and that should make the repair pretty hard and we should be back in bidnees
Making me a Burrito Bowl and slicing some avocado for lunch then getting back after it.
I'm not sure if everyone remembers the paint scheme that was on that .308LTR I picked up
I thought that I would strip it to check what was underneath
The first thing I did was remove the recoil pad so nothing would happen to it.
Top screw came out fine but I couldn't get the bottom out...it seemed loose but the pad wouldn't pull away. I decided to take it to my buddy's yesterday to help me figure out sup.
We finally decided the bottom screw was stripped in the stock. We decided to use a double ended blade from a utility knife to gently tap between the pad backing plate and the stock. We got it in both ends but it was still being difficult. We could see the sides came loose but the ends were still attached. We kept at it and it came off.
It appeared it had been glued on with what looked like Super Glue. So naturally it damage the stock as well as the backing plate for the pad. Sorry I didn't think to snap a few while we worked. We resurfaced the face of the stock and the recoil pad to remove the damaged area.
The stock cleaned up pretty good on the table top belt sander except for those few pits and I think that I think will be fine. The recoil pad didn't clean up as well and cracked in a few spots.
I am going to use this to attempt to repair the pad and fill the voids. I'll put some release agent on some tin so it come off easy and try to reshape it when the epoxy dries
If not I will replace it. I am going to dowel the bottom hole with a maple golf tee and wait for the glue to dry, pilot drill it, thread it and then put a couple drops of thin super glue in the threads (helicoil if you will) and that should make the repair pretty hard and we should be back in bidnees
Making me a Burrito Bowl and slicing some avocado for lunch then getting back after it.
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