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A resent auction suprize has me looking for a good wood worker
stock maker/repairer.

This is a rare Stevens Model 55 therefore I want to keep it original
and repair this piece of furniture.

Any member here offer assistance or recommendations as to
this stock repair ?

thnkz in advance .... skwerl

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I'm no woodworker, but I'd be filing a dispute with either the auction house or your credit card company. I don't know if there is enough gorilla glue and twine in the world to make that salvageable.
 
- Remove the stock
- Clean up old glue until pieces fit together well
- Drill blind holes from the break surface
- Fit dowels or threaded rods into the holes
- Prepare your clamps and any supporting material
- Apply wood glue to rods and holes and clamp carefully
- After glue dries, clean up. Use an air brush or markers to paint the seam in appropriate matching shades of the original wood colour
- Clean up the mounting holes

I've done this kind of work, mostly on shotguns with nice results. If you decide to do this yourself I would suggest buying a shotgun with a cracked stock and practicing. Let me know if you want one from my queue :)
 
That is a nasty one for sure and on the checkering too.
Which might be a blessing, as it will take your eyes away from the crack.
Like KotKotofeich has stated, it is doable.
 
The_Shmoo said:
I'm no woodworker, but I'd be filing a dispute with either the auction house or your credit card company. I don't know if there is enough gorilla glue and twine in the world to make that salvageable.
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it's buyer beware do your research you are responsible for your actions
 
It looks like it’s been glued before? How well do the pieces fit back together? If they fit without any chip outs on the outer edges, I’d think it would be an easy repair. Dig it out a bit, add dowels and glue back together.

If there is any missing wood, is where I’d find it to start getting difficult and $$ to repair.

Bummer it showed up like that, it’s a cool old rifle.
 
Failure of an earlier glue joint. You will have to dig out the old glue, which will leave gaps, so this is a job for Acraglas or a high quality slow-set epoxy and, likely, floc. Focus should be on maintaining a nice tight wood-to-wood fit at the surface. As others have said, blind pins would reinforce the joint. I prefer threaded rod. Since both sides are broken away, you should be able to glue one side and then drill for and install the pins from the other side. The pin holes for the opposite side will have to be done blind. My method is to drill the holes to a specific depth on one side of the break. Make a pin with one sharp end that is about 1/16" longer than the hole depth. One-by-one, drop the pin in the holes and press the pieces together. The sharpened pin will mark the locations of the mating holes. Has worked for me many times. A coat of paste wax on the wood surfaces should keep any squeeze-out from sticking. As an alternative, masking tape can be used in the non checkered areas.
Those appear to be clean breaks, so repair should be pretty straightforward.
 
Looks like there is a lot of material missing around the top action screw and 2 more cracks starting at the bottom action screw and mainspring bolt ... nasty.
- what calibre?
- is that glue on the surface from a previous repair?
- pictures are pretty good, but need "eyes on" to really see what the grain is doing - looks like they caught a piece of crotch, burl ... possibly close to a knot...

Previous repairs make this more difficult, you will need to deal with the top action screw - don't know what your skill set is, not a home DIY job.
 
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