Stock help

[hydro12]

I have this 308 Globe. It was made in Austria and is older than I am and I'm 36, that is all I know about the gun.

I have a HUGE crack in the stock right now by the grip and I don't think it is fireable anymore...well I don't feel so safe doing it anyway. What kind of options do I have and how much would said options cost me? Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Wrong Way]

Well....break it. Seriously! Put the but end in a tail vice and try and break it. If you can't...fill the crack, re-finish and use it. If it breaks, use type II or III wood glue, clamp and allow to dry. Both types of glue have a shear strength higher than any wood on the planet, so you'll be safe.

Ryan

 

[BIGREDD]

I would take it to a gunsmith and let him repair it for me... looks like a nice rifle.

 

[scott_r]

I would take it to a gunsmith and let him repair it for me... looks like a nice rifle.

Good advice Redd Unless you really know what you are doing and are a skilled wood worker.

Cheers!!

 

[stocker]

stock repair

It is quite repairable. Spread the crack as far as possible without breaking it and use blocks and wedges in the mortised openings to hold the crack apart. Use a gluing syringe to inject slow curing epoxy glue into the crack. Follow glue manaufacturers instructions for thinning the glue to let it flow through the syringe freely. Get the glue as deeply into the crack as you can. Remove syringe and wedges and bind the cracked area tightly with multiple wraps of surgical tubing under tension and let it cure for a day or two. Carefully scrape and sand any excess glue that has dried on the exterior of the stock and apply a coat or two of stock finish on the area.

Now, determine why it cracked. With Mausers that don't have a steel recoil lug cross bolt it is usually because the recoil lug mortise set back and allowed the rear tang and rear guard screw to impact the wood behind the tang during recoil.

The easy fix is to place a shim behind the rear tang while glass bedding the recoil lug area. The shim holds the action forward while the glass bedding cures. Remove the shim when you do the glass bedding clean up job and you should now have clearance behind the tang. Check that both guard screws are not directly contacting the wood through their holes. If they are use a round file and create a bit of clearance for them.

 

[hydro12]

Thanks for all the great advice . Beats the "get a new stock" advice my Gf's old man gave me. I'm going to try the glue method as this stock means a bit to me.

Anyone know anything about Globe rifles? I can't find much on them.

Stocker....I didn't understand a whole lot in your last 2 paragraphs . I can get you more detailed pics if you could offer some more advice??

 

[Rembo]

any stock for a '98 Mauser should fit that rifle.

 

[stocker]

Hydro 12: If you look at a military Mauser you will normally see a steel cross bolt that passes through the stock in front of the magazine well. The recoil lug on the bottom of the action is fitted tightly to this. The bolt prevents recoil from pounding back the wood. If this happens the rear tang area of the action comes in contact with the stock in the area where your crack starts. Also the rear screw may come into contact with the wood where the screw passes through the stock and stock bushing and screws into the rear tang. With wood to metal contact in these places and a bit more shooting you get the crack your stock has as the recoil is being tansferred from the metal to the wood in that location and stocks were never intended to resist recoil substantially in that area.. To correct it you have to get things moved forward again in the stock to where they belong. Glass bedding will do this positvely if you set it up right by placing a temporary shim between the metal and wood at the rear tang prior to glassing the action. The shim is removed on completion of glassing. For a quick fix following gluing you can place a properly fitted metal shim behind the recoil lug of the action. That is the rectangular block on the underside that the front guard screw goes into. The wood may again set back over time as the Mauser recoil lug is a bit small and set a bit too far back for use without support of the cross bolt or good glass bedding..

You should also check the wooden web of the stock in front of the trigger opening and behind the magazine opening to see if that area also needs gluing as it commonly cracks when action set back in the stock is present as the steel magazine box can exert a wedging action when you shoot. If cracked glue this simultaneous with the larger crack repair.