GunnyUSMC
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I was asked back in November if I could repair the buttstock for a Ruger Red Label.
As the story goes, a trap shooter was having a bad day and lost his temper and took it out on the gun by hitting a tree.
He then sold the gun to the guy that asked if I could fix it. He just wanted it useable and said that looks were not important.
I had a look at it and said that it could be repaired, but I was busy with some things and that it may be late December or early January before I could have it finished.
I didn’t start on it until a few days before Christmas.
From the break you can see that the right side of the buttstock was used to strike the tree. The left side of the wrist was almost broken off and the tab of wood that fits under the right rear of the action is broken off.
The hardest part of the repair is where the break ends in the checkering. I’ve never been good with checkering and I don’t have a checkering tool. But I made do with what I had.
The repair is pretty much straightforward. Drill into the cracks and secure with resin and dowels. Replace the missing wood on the inside right of the stock and make it look nice.
As the story goes, a trap shooter was having a bad day and lost his temper and took it out on the gun by hitting a tree.
He then sold the gun to the guy that asked if I could fix it. He just wanted it useable and said that looks were not important.
I had a look at it and said that it could be repaired, but I was busy with some things and that it may be late December or early January before I could have it finished.
I didn’t start on it until a few days before Christmas.
From the break you can see that the right side of the buttstock was used to strike the tree. The left side of the wrist was almost broken off and the tab of wood that fits under the right rear of the action is broken off.
The hardest part of the repair is where the break ends in the checkering. I’ve never been good with checkering and I don’t have a checkering tool. But I made do with what I had.
The repair is pretty much straightforward. Drill into the cracks and secure with resin and dowels. Replace the missing wood on the inside right of the stock and make it look nice.