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Dr. Strangelove wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:48 pm I repaired a CZ550 stock that had a crack underneath where the bolt handle sits. I drilled holes through the crack and put 3mm brass threaded rods into the holes. The rods had some Devcon on them and there was some in the holes as well. I also opened up the crack and put some Devcon inside.

I cut/filed away the rods when the Devcon was dry and as I oiled the stock I covered them thoroughly. They’re now nice and shiny and almost look like they’re meant to be there!
What drill size did you use for the rod? Same size?
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RJ156 wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 2:55 pm What drill size did you use for the rod? Same size?
I believe so. The rod wasn’t a very tight fit from memory - I could slide it in and out without too much pressure.
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these got split away from the main c&rsenal channel, but they are very informative, not certain this is the right video, but he goes into how he repairs stocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKeOQVsyRMU
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Painful to watch.
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Maybe worth looking at "Gorilla Glue" their expanding/foaming one. It works with almost every wood including the naturally oil teak and iroko and forms a very strong bond and will bond to metals aswell.


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RJ156 wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:30 pm Yeah il see how I get on. By pin you mean drill and dowel right? Not pin with say steel
I've used brass 'pins' before, depending upon where the crack is. These are coarse threaded like a wood screw and need a pilot hole, they are screwed in, cut off and finished to the surface of the wood. You often see old Enfields with this type of repair.
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So hopefully this pic works

That’s where the back of the no4 receiver joins the stock
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Mattnall wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:17 am
RJ156 wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:30 pm Yeah il see how I get on. By pin you mean drill and dowel right? Not pin with say steel
I've used brass 'pins' before, depending upon where the crack is. These are coarse threaded like a wood screw and need a pilot hole, they are screwed in, cut off and finished to the surface of the wood. You often see old Enfields with this type of repair.
You got a link or a brand name I can search for this brass pins stuff?

I only find metric threaded bar otherwise

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#19 Post by Mattnall »

Here you go:

Pin Kit

Stick "Stock repair pins" into DuckDuckGo (other search engines are available) and you'll get alternatives but mostly Brownell's and reviews of Brownell's kits..
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Mattnall wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:48 am Here you go:

Pin Kit

Stick "Stock repair pins" into DuckDuckGo (other search engines are available) and you'll get alternatives but mostly Brownell's and reviews of Brownell's kits..
Brilliant thanks matey, sorry to ask for a spoon feed on that but google was giving me nothing but thumb tacks……

So I expoxied the broken piece back in situ perfectly as it was. Now just need to pop a pin through it

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