New "to me" rifle

[TSnave]

Picked up a Remington 722 in 257 Roberts that has a busted stock. Should be a fun little project to bring back to life and perhaps chase some critters with. It'll be here on Thursday.

Figure I'll put the stock back together and reinforce it, hopefully there aren't too many missing chunks.

 

[257Rob]

Picked up a Remington 722 in 257 Roberts that has a busted stock. Should be a fun little project to bring back to life and perhaps chase some critters with. It'll be here on Thursday.

Figure I'll put the stock back together and reinforce it, hopefully there aren't too many missing chunks.

I'm new to this forum and just saw your post. How did that repair work out?

 

[TSnave]

Still sitting on the shelf; too many other project ahead of it.

 

[zdc1775]

Still sitting on the shelf; too many other project ahead of it.

When you get around to it, I've found that if you have all the pieces using Acraglas to glue the stock back together is one of the strongest methods.

I also like to drill two to three small holes from inside the action inletting into the grip and epoxy some pieces of carbon fiber arrow shaft in there to add even more strength and is almost completely invisible when you have the action installed.

I suck at taking pictures of my work, but if you want to see good examples of using this method head over to the high road forum and check out some of GunnyUSMC's posts in gunsmithing.

 

[TSnave]

Got the Acraglas on hand, along with some threaded rod. Unfortunately, it's missing a chunk out of the far side that I'll have to do something with that's hopefully not too ugly.

 

[SCHUNTER73]

That’s a great project piece. Keep us updated.

 

[eLightfoot]

I’d get a blank and start over. Or just find another stock

 

[TSnave]

That is certainly an option!

 

[Nhenry]

Something about this screams "kintsugi"

Beauty in Broken Things: The Art of Kintsugi

If something sparks joy for you but breaks, mending that item celebrates its integrity and form. This is the Japanese art of kintsugi.

konmari.com

 

[TSnave]

Thought I'd do a quick update on this. The rifle turned out to be a June, 1948 production with a 24" barrel. As received, it was filthy. I suspect after the stock broke, it sat in a closet for a very long time. I was worried when I looked down the bore but it cleaned up nicely. The seller was in southern California so I'm counting this rescue as good karma!
With hunting season rapidly approaching and not having made any headway on the broken stock, I pushed the easy button and ordered a Boyd's classic in shady camo and found a scope in the classifieds. Brass has been a bear to find but I got 50 new 7x57 and some 257 that had been necked up to 6.5mm (why?). I annealed those and only lost a couple during resizing.
I think I'll leave the irons on it, even though they are completely useless with the new stock. The rear folding leaves are dovetailed into the barrel ring but very unobtrusive.
I like it.

 

[257Rob]

Oh wow! That's awsome!! I'm a sucker for laminated stocks.

 

[MT_Fin]

Thought I'd do a quick update on this. The rifle turned out to be a June, 1948 production with a 24" barrel. As received, it was filthy. I suspect after the stock broke, it sat in a closet for a very long time. I was worried when I looked down the bore but it cleaned up nicely. The seller was in southern California so I'm counting this rescue as good karma!
With hunting season rapidly approaching and not having made any headway on the broken stock, I pushed the easy button and ordered a Boyd's classic in shady camo and found a scope in the classifieds. Brass has been a bear to find but I got 50 new 7x57 and some 257 that had been necked up to 6.5mm (why?). I annealed those and only lost a couple during resizing.
I think I'll leave the irons on it, even though they are completely useless with the new stock. The rear folding leaves are dovetailed into the barrel ring but very unobtrusive.
I like it.

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That looks great. Ready to go back to work for another 70+ years!

 

[03mossy]

That stock looks great on there!