Fatcatsplat Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Went on a driven day yesterday in Bedfordshire that was absolutely brilliant - Getting to one of the drives, we had to walk down a concrete slope - Halfway down i slipped and fell a over t, landing in a sprawled mess. The good news - My back has been playing up - The fall seems to have knocked whatever was out of place into place - Hurrah!! The bad news - I manged to crack my forend, right along the top - The crack is about 3 inches long - Seems hairline from the outside, but is clearly split on the inside. I am tempted to superglue it back in place and hope for the best, but would aybody have an idea if there are any gunsmiths in my neck of the woods (Essex, Kent, London) who do excellent "invisible repairs"? The gun is a browning GTI Ultra, so reasonably old and am unsure whether i can just buy a replacement. I've done a little picture attached of where it is. stock.bmp Edited January 7, 2010 by Fatcatsplat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 My mate has just had a Silver Pigeon V stock crack mended, having been quoted £600 for a new stock he was over the moon with the repair and the price. The smith who did it is in Berks so may be too far for you, but if you don't get any better offers drop me a PM and I will get his details for you. I have mended cracks. permanently with superglue, my dad was a wood turner and they did this all the time so it isn't the bodge it seems. All I did was force the crack open even more and dropped the glue in, then pressed the crack shut - worked a treat. 7/10 for the drawing BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 the plus point is that bit does nothing other than give you something to hold so personally I'd go with Stuarts idea and versus a replacement forend the cost of going to Berks is small, or use superglue or araldite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Give Jim Spalding a call you'll find him in 192.com (Gunsmiths Colchester) a Mersea Man, has the workshop at Fennes on a Saturday, or you can sometimes find in Radcliffes. Did a little repair on my stock and fitted my recoil pad, excellent workmanship. Regards M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 What about sharpshooter1 (think that's his name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyfarmerboy Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Radcliffes in colchester are very good, i repaired my stock with some very good resin glue (nock about gun) and some of it got into the safety mechanism, they stripped and cleaned it for £20, only took 20 minutes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambu13 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I had a crack like this on my gun, was hairline when i bought it and noticed it when i re-oiled the stock, bit of superglue and some maskingtape to hold it in place till set. cant see it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Have you checked the bores internally? Clean them out to a mirror finish and have a peer inside and check for any shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Starightshooter1 might be able to fix it, he does a first class job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Went on a driven day yesterday in Bedfordshire that was absolutely brilliant - Getting to one of the drives, we had to walk down a concrete slope - Halfway down i slipped and fell a over t, landing in a sprawled mess. The good news - My back has been playing up - The fall seems to have knocked whatever was out of place into place - Hurrah!! Thats odd, a similar thing has happened to me today! Been having back pain for over two weeks and then just slipped but didn't hit the floor but my back clicked and has stopped hurting now Don't know anything about repairing cracks tho GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Give Jim Spalding a call you'll find him in 192.com (Gunsmiths Colchester) a Mersea Man, has the workshop at Fennes on a Saturday, or you can sometimes find in Radcliffes. Did a little repair on my stock and fitted my recoil pad, excellent workmanship. Regards M. I agree, I am going to Mersea Friday or Saturday. If you drop it in to me I will take it to Jim. I might be getting him to do something gunwise for me too soon. Edited January 7, 2010 by ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I'd cable tie it through the rib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumacher Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) what about a marine wood glue? strong, waterproof. worked for me on my old air arms s300. if you take your time you will hardly see the split. Edited January 7, 2010 by stumacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Pjhew, I had all sorts of nasty visual images running through my head before i opened this thread......whats worse is.....i still opened it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Could you not post a fore end? It's not a pressure bearing part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 I know a couple of gun smiths that use super glue... it's not a bodge, it works just fine. I've even done it on one of my old guns and it worked a treat, couldn't see the join at all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 My mate has just had a Silver Pigeon V stock crack mended, having been quoted £600 for a new stock Gordon Bennett New SP stocks £450 from me - 2nd/H less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Get it to Jim Spalding, PM me if you want his number. He lives about a mile from me and behind my local so if you want it dropped in I don't mind. You can do it yourself if you can open the crack slightly and run some thin cyanoacrylate glue in. Get to a model shop and buy some ZAP CA. It is thinner than water and will run in the crack and fix it permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Get it to Jim Spalding, PM me if you want his number. He lives about a mile from me and behind my local so if you want it dropped in I don't mind. You can do it yourself if you can open the crack slightly and run some thin cyanoacrylate glue in. Get to a model shop and buy some ZAP CA. It is thinner than water and will run in the crack and fix it permanently. ZAP CA is the way to go. Don't prise it open. keep the external surface on top so glue run in then use masking tape for the final pull closed. wipe off any excess straight away with tissue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) You are welcome to one of my extra sticky bogies. Most versatile Indeed, the ones I wipe on the underneath of my desk at work are like they have been welded on to the wood work. I don't think they are impervious to water however. Edited January 8, 2010 by Mungler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Open the crack with a match and glue with epoxy tape it tight and remove excess glue with meths. Workedfor me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Try this stuff , does what it says http://www.gorillaglue.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted January 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Gentlemen - I thankyou!!! Will be gluing my crack together today and may post some photos once i have wiped the residue waste from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 So you DID take Mungler up on his goooey offer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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