Chipped Stock

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I have a small chip on the end of my stock. It is between the pad and the end of the stock, down by the toe. The chip is about an eighth of inch. I am hoping I can get a few ideas from some of you on how to fix the chip.

Thanks in advance.
 
What firearm is involved? Post a decent picture showing the damaged area. Do you have the 'chip' to glue back?
 
There are epoxy type puttys available in different tints if the chip is missing . Small chips can be repaired with it depending on how large the missing piece is . Larger damage might be more Viable with wood replacement . Eather way if it happened once it could happen again so its will have to be a solid repair .
 
How nice of a repair do you want? Fixes can range from some epoxy filled with wood sanding dust for coloring up to cleaning up the chip and grafting in a matched piece of same species and color matched wood then refinishing the stock so it looks like it never happened. Cost for such work is proportional to the time and skill needed. Or if you're looking for options to do this yourself then you're your own best judge of which option is going to be better for you. Both from the aspect of skill needed and wood that might match your stock being on hand.

If you opt for the epoxy and wood dust be aware that the dust becomes fairly dark when it's mixed in with epoxy. So make up your dust from a species that is leaning in the right range color wise but which is a bit lighter of a shade.

The wood at the bottom of the butt plate is typically rather short grained. So it doesn't take much of a thump on the butt plate in that area to break out a chip.
 
As a cabinet maker and woodworker I have ofter user coloured wax to fill many dings. Most often invisible. If it is a "working" gun then probable best and easiest fix (30 seconds). Coloured "crayons" available many places
 
I had a chip out of the heel on my Bernardelli Roma 6EM. The chip was about 1 1/2". I went to a hardwood floor store and bought a sample piece of walnut that matched the stock. Then I: 1) filed the chipped area flat 2) cut a wedge off the floor sample and glued it on to the stock using Titebond III glue ( i cut several wedges and picked on with the best grain and colour match) 3) filed and sanded the wedge down to match the contour of the stock 4) finished the stock with oil/stain mix

It was extremely happy with how it turned out.

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durnet said:
It is a Beretta 690 Comp. I am not sure how to post a pic. If you can give me a little direction on how to post a pic, I will. I don't have the chip
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The easiest way to post images is to purchase a CGN membership https://www.cgnapparel.com/ That way you can upload directly from your internet device.

Apart from that you need to find an imaging hosting site and link your image RPITA. Instructions for linking images are available on this site some where.

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/197433-Tutorial-How-to-Post-Pictures

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