Plugging a sling stud hole in stock

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I'm going to be picking up another pre 64 Winchester 1894 tomorrow or the day after but it has a sling stud in the stock.

Basically I'm guessing I take out the stud ream the hole a little with drill bit and plug it with a hardwood dowel. Which I know will be impossible to find here.

My question is do I stain the dowel first and the glue it in?
What type of glue, just regular wood glue?
 
I guess you could leave it in till you find the right dowel..... I'd stain it after I glued it with regular wood glue.

Making a plug form a similar piece of walnut would be best.
 
i am no expert with sling studs, BUT, a similat thing would be when I played guitar. When a strap button ripped out we would sand down a golf tee, size the hole properly and glue the piece in (with a good wood glue)
 
It will always show the dowel you are using. You will be looking at end grain in the repair but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Finding walnut dowel is going to be the toughest part.As well as seeing the glue line as the stain won't take to the glue.

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take off the butt plate and cut a plug the diameter of the hole you need to fill. Then you have matching wood. put some glue in the hole and push in the plug, wipe off excess, sand it smooth and touch up with finish to match the stock. reinstall butt plate or pad and no one knows. If you are really worried, put the non-matching plug under the butt.
 
1) go buy a tapered plug cutter from almost any hardware store.
2) cut a cross grained plug in a scrap of the same type of wood.
3) use titebond 2, tap the plug home (with the grain running the same direction) and clean up any glue with a wet cloth.
4) after its dry sand and refinish as needed.
 
What double gun said - cut a plug with the grain running the correct way - otherwise the end grain of a dowel will darken with stain or age and show up.
If you cut a nice tapered plug in wood that is similar in grain and density from a side piece of wood, one may never see it.
 
Whittle a tapered, cross-grain plug of scrap walnut so the plug and stock take equal amount of stain. Stain both pieces and let them dry before inserting the plug. Sand away the excess plug. Glue it with good glue but even Crazy glue works because it soaks into the wood and will be protected by the stock finish. If you dont stain before you glue, then you risk having an off-color ring where the glue doesnt accept the stain.
 
Sadly I won't be doing this little project because the guy that I was going to buy the gun from got a better offer after we had agreed to a deal.

But I thank everyone for their replies and now if I get one in the same condition I'll have all these great ideas to go with.
 
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