M14 stock

JeffMan

JeffMan

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OK so I've filled my M14 U.S. G.I stock PERFECTLY twice and it has cracked along the selector cutout twice. It is a hairline crack but I am reluctant to sand it down, fill it, and paint it, yet again.

Is there anything that will stop this crack from forming or should I just live with it?

It doesn’t bother me that much and I notice that a lot of the U.S. G.I stocks redone by Springfield have the same issue as report by those on the U.S. Firing Line forum.

I think I'll just live with it cracked as it does not impede performance at all unless someone has some sort of magic filler to use.

More pics of my stock:

http://142.179.174.253/M14/

EDIT TO ADD: I love my M14! I want to get about a dozen more. I've only put 200 rounds through it and today it was doing about 2" groups with iron sights today and everything ran without a hitch. My sight adjustments where bang on for the various ranges and ran like a top. My op-rod guide is rock solid and my stock pretty much floats the barrel.

Jeff
 
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First time I used auto body filler. Second time liquid metal (permatex?) not sure. I used to be an auto mechanic so I've got lots of compounds floating around. I could try JB weld. Maybe that would work best

That textured paint looks good. Nice work. Is that a real KAC rail or airsoft. How's it working out?

Jeff
 
If you JB, use the "regular" JB, not Qwik-Weld, the tensile strength and temperature thresholds are about half of JB-Weld.
 
JB Weld was my all time favourite until along came DEVCON which was so strong, I gotta work quickly. Once you glass in that ugly selector cutout hole, you have a strong enough surface to glass in the reciever heel of your reciever and then do the rear of the reciever mortises, that's assuming you really want to get as much accuracy out of that box stock Norc, but then you cannot disassemble the rifle every time you shoot it, normally accepted by us match shooters.

We take apart our rifles about ONCE a year, preferably between Dec and Jan in between competition seasons.

JB Weld is just great....
 
I disasemble my rifle after every range session and I don't plan on eeking out all the accuracy I can.

2" at 100 with irons is enough to put a smile on my face.

I seriously want another one of these though. Something I can keep in my refinished wood.

Jeff
 
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