Husqvarna Stock Cracks

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I have been considering picking up a used husqvarna 30-06 from tradex. As you all know, a lot of them have stock cracks near the tang. How expensive is the prospect of repairing or replacing the stock in your collective experience?

Thanks, I look forward to this becoming about bear defence :d
 
I replaced the stock off my Voerre with a boyds i got off the EE for 100. They are laminate and come in various colors, come 90-95 % inletted. There are a lot of commercial mausers like the Husky, with each one being slightly different, so no stock is going to come exactly 100% drop in.

Custom stocks are nosebleed expensive, several times more than the Tradex Huskys. My cousin bought a synthetic stock at WSS to replace a broken walnut stock for i believe about 170. Mausers all seem to crack at the tang, many can be repaired/glued/pinned.

Cant comment on boyds stock for bear defense, and my Voerre is a 22-250 so i dont want to start another 17 rem for moose thread like the one from last week.
 
I says if you can't shoot moose with .17 rem you aren't a hunter!

My concern is really that I will get a rifle with a crack that cannot be repaired, I am also not sure of the cost of such a thing.

It seems even the stocks available on tradex have the cracks and they are more expensive than boyds. Considering going for a model with a beat up stock for less and just getting a new stock for 100 bucks.
 
First off, the crack is one of the downsides of the Mauser Double Staggered Magazine design - which leaves very thin and flexible sidewalls on the stocks - and is not a "Husqvarna" thing, and you can see a lot of Mauser based rifles and spinn-off actions afflicted with the "disease".
Loose action screw and wood dryness usually are in cause, too.

They are easy to fix when you know how, and as cosmic specified, a good glass bedding usually fixes the problem once and for all.
 
I wouldn't be too concerned about picking up a Husqvarna, or other rifle, with a tang crack. Though I am no expert I own 3 Husqvarna's that all came with damaged stocks, and have repaired them quite satisfactorily, I think. It depends on whether you are 'into' tinkering with wood and epoxy. I wish now that I had taken before and after pictures of my stocks.
 
Yes i think many people could repair the stocks, and a gunsmith would probably give you some tips and tricks. My stock had a very thin crack...through check if you lumber grade....through three edges. I think mine had been dropped onto its buttstock to create that.

The Boyds stock i got, was a cheap and simple fix. At 100 that is probably 70% of what it would cost to get one shipped up, plus it would be several weeks coming.
 
Baribal said:
First off, the crack is one of the downsides of the Mauser Double Staggered Magazine design - which leaves very thin and flexible sidewalls on the stocks - and is not a "Husqvarna" thing, and you can see a lot of Mauser based rifles and spinn-off actions afflicted with the "disease".
Loose action screw and wood dryness usually are in cause, too.

They are easy to fix when you know how, and as cosmic specified, a good glass bedding usually fixes the problem once and for all.
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This post nails it for the the OPs question.
 
i wished i took some pictures when our Ted fixed my wife cracked stock i just helped. the worst was to get a syringe from the pharmacist ... if you re not a drug user you have to explain hardly, hopefully his assistant knew what i was talking about ....
 
Thanks for the advice guys.

I do not know enough about gunsmithing to attempt glass bedding the stock, my living situation also makes that pretty hard to do. In the case of checks, would epoxy and a vice do the trick? Some of them look like they have what are more "cosmetic" injuries to the stocks may still be shootable.

In the LGS today someone was buying one today, it looked to be in pretty good condition. Too bad I didn't see it first.
 
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The way to fix it is either to drill one or two holes at an angle by the inside of the stock, epoxy it and put brass or SS screw(s).
You can also drill (a) hole(s) following the crack and force epoxy in with a seringe until it spreads out of the crack. Tighten in a padded wise.
 
medvedqc said:
if you re not a drug user you have to explain hardly, hopefully his assistant knew what i was talking about ....
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Doubtful. Probably thought you were a drug user.

I repaired my stock but then also bought a replacement from Brownell's which I glass bedded and added cross bolts to.
 
Baribal said:
The way to fix it is either to drill one or two holes at an angle by the inside of the stock, epoxy it and put brass or SS screw(s).
You can also drill (a) hole(s) following the crack and force epoxy in with a seringe until it spreads out of the crack. Tighten in a padded wise.
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Using these directions you can repair a stock with minimal tools and effort. If you aren't happy with the results then get a new stock.
 
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