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Just a bit of an update. I'm still tweaking her out here and there and just fired a couple a rounds. So far she hits the steel, just a point and shoot. Still have a bit of sanding that jumps up, tweaking on the tang and fighting with home made flints. I'm getting there.
I do have a question tho. I have a couple of micro cracks in the stock, very, very small, and want to know how to fill em. I caught most of the fine sanding falloff, could I mix that with glue for a color match?
Remember, I just fired it, she's dusty and finger prints galore.
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The crack near the wedge screw appears to have been caused by the screw. I would remove it when gluing and clamping it together, and re-drill with the next larger size. If it's a little sloppy you can use epoxy putty to take up some of the missing wood.

You may be able to pull the crack tight with a screw under the tang too
 
Brownells offers a really thin cyanoacrylate stock repair glue, along with little single-use plastic applicators that allow you to get a tiny amount right into the split area.It's thin enough that it runs freely into the split. Once applied, wrap tightly with multiple turns of surgical tubing, tie it off and leave it overnight.
 
I'd do the thinned super glue and put a piece of wood on the barrel channel side and one on the bottom and lightly clamp with a vise or a pair of C clamps to close the crack . Lightly is the key word , not sure the tubing will close those up.
 
I've used both the surgical tubing and inner tube. The surgical tubing worked better. It is really surprising how much pressure you can get with it. The one on the butt it should pull together pretty well. The one near the escutcheon will require some care. If you use the tubing, you will need to either leave the barrel in or fashion a wooden spacer to make sure the tubing doesn't try to collapse the sides of the stock at the barrel channel. The wooden spacer would be preferable as it would allow you to get pressure on both the top and bottom of the forearm. It's good that you are taking care of those cracks now. Micro cracks tend to become macro cracks with time. Never the other way around.

Looks like a fun rifle that you will enjoy for years to come.
 
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