Lucifer_Sam
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Greetings all,
My dear brother got our grandfathers Browning 22 takedown, and he tried to repair a split in the stock near the receiver with JB weld, so there's a smear of JB weld on the base of the receiver of the rifle, and a little on the trigger area. I have the rifle now, and I'd like to get this off. I looked on the JB weld site and the stuff either needs to be ground off or heated to 600 degrees. I'm thinking the second option is the better one, grinding it off would leave a bare patch, and I'm hoping that the finish is OK under the epoxy. And I think that 600 is low enough that I can get it off without any heat damage to the rifle.
One way I was thinking about getting rid of the epoxy is by putting the receiver in a shallow pan of water with the epoxy exposed and using a lower temp torch to carefully get it off. Plan b would be just figure out a way to get the whole assembly up to 600 degrees and let it burn or melt off that way. Any input/other ideas/ect would be appreciated.
Also, kind of related, do these have any collector value? This is one of the early ones made by FN in Belgium, and loads from the rear buttplate, not the side of the stock, and says "22 long rifle smokeless" on it, the "smokeless" bit making me think that its an earlier model. But I don't know if these features were typical on the whole early run from 1914- 1950s. The finish is pretty good on it, except the buttplate. If they don't have much value that opens up more options. Thanks.
My dear brother got our grandfathers Browning 22 takedown, and he tried to repair a split in the stock near the receiver with JB weld, so there's a smear of JB weld on the base of the receiver of the rifle, and a little on the trigger area. I have the rifle now, and I'd like to get this off. I looked on the JB weld site and the stuff either needs to be ground off or heated to 600 degrees. I'm thinking the second option is the better one, grinding it off would leave a bare patch, and I'm hoping that the finish is OK under the epoxy. And I think that 600 is low enough that I can get it off without any heat damage to the rifle.
One way I was thinking about getting rid of the epoxy is by putting the receiver in a shallow pan of water with the epoxy exposed and using a lower temp torch to carefully get it off. Plan b would be just figure out a way to get the whole assembly up to 600 degrees and let it burn or melt off that way. Any input/other ideas/ect would be appreciated.
Also, kind of related, do these have any collector value? This is one of the early ones made by FN in Belgium, and loads from the rear buttplate, not the side of the stock, and says "22 long rifle smokeless" on it, the "smokeless" bit making me think that its an earlier model. But I don't know if these features were typical on the whole early run from 1914- 1950s. The finish is pretty good on it, except the buttplate. If they don't have much value that opens up more options. Thanks.