Plain maple Colonial first shots

[MountainSmoke]

Me at 50 yards , first time to stand and shoot. Colonial kibler. She's heavy.
Next range trip work on load and sighting it in better

Nice shooting and good looking rifle!

 

[buckleymarka56]

Plain maple; just a piece of wood with diagonal cross-grain through the wrist. The crack ran through the lock recess and diagonal back towards the opposite side, but it wasn't a complete break.

I opened the crack enough to run in some Titebond, and used compressed air to blast the glue all the way through the crack. I used the lock to line up the open side of the crack, then clamped it with surgical tubing. When I got back to it a couple days later I scraped the squeeze-out. By the time it is sanded again the repair won't be visible.

I'm pretty sure it won't break again at that point, but the grain suggests a few places where similar fractures could occur. I'm undecided on installing a rod in the wrist or other further repairs.

It's fancy maple. With iron nitrate , I let it set for about 25 minutes than heated until it turns orange.
2 coats of Tried and True. Than about 10 coats of spray shellac.
And final sanding with 2400 grit micro mesh pad.