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Reading over the 2006 TC Cougar thread. That fellow Roundball really knows his stuff when he wrote " you might want to add that strengthening kit to prevent the stock crack which is not all that uncommon...occurs on the left side of the stock, running 2-3" with the grain above the lock bolt washer forward into the barrel bed on the left side of the tang. (not just Cougars but all Hawkens)". That very thing showed its ugly cracked head this past weekend on my Lyman GPG 54 Caliber shooting PRB's over 90 grains of FFg.
I really first noticed all the oil that was welled up in a line on the stock, rubbed it off and saw that it had come out of that crack above the lock screw. The person who previously owned it over oiled the stock as it is very dark. I am just now finding this crack. Could be it just showed up now that it is being shot on a fairly regular basis. Hoping access from the internal portions of the stock will allow some epoxy to hold it tight, if the oil allows it to adhere. Hmm, any of those long tang screw kits available?
I really first noticed all the oil that was welled up in a line on the stock, rubbed it off and saw that it had come out of that crack above the lock screw. The person who previously owned it over oiled the stock as it is very dark. I am just now finding this crack. Could be it just showed up now that it is being shot on a fairly regular basis. Hoping access from the internal portions of the stock will allow some epoxy to hold it tight, if the oil allows it to adhere. Hmm, any of those long tang screw kits available?