Stock crack repair

[Mongo40]

I noticed that my new to me rifle has a small hairline crack in the stock back toward the buttplate, how can I repair this so it doesn't get any worse?
You can't see it in this pick but it runs horizontal to the bottom of the upper piece of the buttplate.

[cutshurt]

Take the butt plate off, run some super glue in from there till it wont take anymore , can get messy if not careful. Could use a screew as well, but think the glue will work well.

Darrel

[Mongo40]

I thought about that, then putting an clamp on it to close it up, will clamping after gluing be ok?

[mongrel]

Clamping while the glue dries is not only okay, it's required for the best (nearest to invisible, and strongest) repair.

[Mongo40]

this is true mongrel, sometimes I type before I think, sometimes I talk like that to, can get ya into trouble sometimes, anyway I know to close it back up I'll need to put a clamp on it so I'll get that fixed today. Thanks
Chris

[cutshurt]

yes clamp ...wow forgot to say that 

[pathfinder]

The wood want's to go the way it split,IF it's not a crack from a hit. glue and clamp might keep it closed,I would recommend a screw under the butt plate to really keep it closed.

[DandJofAZ]

That was my thinking also,  glue, clamp, and with plate off drill and screw where it will be hidden by but plate when its back on.  Won't show and will hold better than when new....Good luck.  'course you probably already did it your own way by now anyhow....

Doug

[Mongo40]

Thanks for all the info, unfortunately I can't run a screw through it because of where the crack is located, I'd have to some down straight from the top just in front of the buttplate.

[cward]

try to find a friend that uses insulin needles, take the needle out and dispose of properly, fill syringe with glue and fill crack with it. it will get all the way into the wood. then like Mongrel said clamp well. hope this helps.

[mongrel]

I find, also, that if the crack starts at a point that will be covered by the buttplate, drilling a 3/16" or 1/4" hole into the stock, along the line of the crack, allows the hole to be filled with glue and a dowel of the appropriate diameter forced in. This will create a hydraulic pressure effect and force glue to spread outward from the hole and into the split. When a clamp is applied it guarantees there is glue spread throughout the split. A screw can be added after the glue is dry.

I'm not sure that the reinforcing screw is necessary, though, not in an area like the butt where there's plenty of wood to accept the glue and really not a lot of flexing and twisting like areas such as the wrist and beneath the breech of the barrel are subject to. Most epoxies when properly mixed, and the yellow exterior-grade carpenter's glue found in the typical hardware store, set up to form a repair that is actually stronger than the wood they're repairing -- much like a good weld joining steel. If this crack were in the vicinity of the wrist that would be a different thing, since the wood of the wrist and the area of the lock and sideplate panels is relatively weak and often subject to quite a bit of stress.

If the reinforcing screw seems to your way of thinking to add some insurance, just in case, though, you definitely should install one. The one thing that's sure about it is, it definitely won't hurt anything and more than likely does add that extra measure of strength.