ohhh. That's not good

[Londonshooter]

On the outside, this MacNaughton hammer gun looked in quite good condition aside from a hairline crack....

Should be back home following rehab in a week or so.

 

[AMET]

Get the glue!

 

[Falconflyer]

Oh, oh.....

 

[straightshooter]

There's one for people who think there's no such thing as too much oil. I hope there's enough wood left for you to work with.

 

[Londonshooter]

There's one for people who think there's no such thing as too much oil. I hope there's enough wood left for you to work with.

Yes, also supporting the case for storing guns muzzle-down. I expect that Chris rebuilt the head with new wood.

 

[GivenRight]

So the gun oil ate away at the wood here?

 

[FLHTCUI]

So the gun oil ate away at the wood here?

Softened it up......
Hope the after pics do the gun justice and not relegated to wall hanger status.
Thanks for sharing the painful to view pics.
Rob

 

[leonk05]

Why does it look charred?

 

[gunsaholic]

Kind of reminds me of a Lang that I have that was almost as bad. Mr. Dawe worked his magic on it.

 

[srdiver]

thought it was another CanadaPost horror story

 

[vagrantviking]

Well that's unfortunate. Was a very pretty piece of wood.

A double shotgun, especially one with sidelocks like that, have very little wood in the structure and a hairline crack can be worse than it looks.
I've currently got 2 muzzleloader double shotguns that I dare not fire until re-enforcing cracks near the lockwork. Winter projects....

Sure hope yours can be made whole again!

 

[Stevefancypix]

Is that too much oil or did the crack allow for the wood to rot on the inside?

 

[gunsaholic]

Thought I'd show a pic of my Lang to show the magic that Chris performed. This stock was in multiple pieces. So don't despair John, I'm sure your gun will get a new lease on life.

 

[handofzeus]

Yes, also supporting the case for storing guns muzzle-down. I expect that Chris rebuilt the head with new wood.

I used to swear by this practice until the day about 10 years ago when I put my new Marlin XL 7 30-06 away without knowing the cat had peed on the foam inside the cabinet when I wasn't looking. I put 5-10 rounds through that gun that day and not one since. I can't even bring myself to look at it. 1/2" of muzzle inside and out completely rusted and pitted. It sat in the urine for a week before I took it out and noticed. Those 10 rounds were and are the only rounds fired in that rifle to this day

 

[canvasback]

John, that’s a sad looking stock. So sorry. And while you have lots of your own experience with Chris, take a good look at Brian’s Lang. It was a disaster of emense proportions and Chris did work magic on it.

 

[1963beretta]

I used to swear by this practice until the day about 10 years ago when I put my new Marlin XL 7 30-06 away without knowing the cat had peed on the foam inside the cabinet when I wasn't looking. I put 5-10 rounds through that gun that day and not one since. I can't even bring myself to look at it. 1/2" of muzzle inside and out completely rusted and pitted. It sat in the urine for a week before I took it out and noticed. Those 10 rounds were and are the only rounds fired in that rifle to this day

Now that made me laugh....probably not so much for you though....

 

[threecentsolution]

I used to swear by this practice until the day about 10 years ago when I put my new Marlin XL 7 30-06 away without knowing the cat had peed on the foam inside the cabinet when I wasn't looking. I put 5-10 rounds through that gun that day and not one since. I can't even bring myself to look at it. 1/2" of muzzle inside and out completely rusted and pitted. It sat in the urine for a week before I took it out and noticed. Those 10 rounds were and are the only rounds fired in that rifle to this day

I would have fired one more

 

[Beretta687EELL]

I hope that it can be repaired ... nice looking piece of wood ...

 

[Papaclaude]

How much oil is a person this happens to putting in a barrel? I always oil after cleaning, but run a dry patch to swab the excess, and have never seen any trace of oil on the bolt/action face.

 

[BigUglyMan]

How much oil is a person this happens to putting in a barrel? I always oil after cleaning, but run a dry patch to swab the excess, and have never seen any trace of oil on the bolt/action face.

Exactly. I think some people get a little squeeze-happy with the oil. Seen some that I thought were slathered in cosmoline but were just coated in oil.