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I picked up some epoxy from the furniture guy along with some brass pins to reinforce the crack with. He gave me a small handful of 3/32 and 1/8 pins about 3” long.
He’s not sure if the brand of epoxy he thinks it’s devron? For wood boats.
Says it will take stain more than others?
I have it glued and clamped and will do the pin repair later
I THINK I AM DONE, no not really but close.
So I went against the pole and decided to go with the dark red Transtint Dye mixed 3oz to one pint . I also did a splash of black dye to try to bring out the grain a bit more.
Then finished with many coats of tru oil. This is where Its at right now. Not the best pictures. After the TruOil cures for about 30 days I will buff the finisih out with rotten stone and it will cut back on the Gloss a good amount. As much as I like the gloss finish its just not good for hard use. The sling/glove/sandbags will beat up the finish and it just starts to look beat up quick vs the satin finish.
The rifle is a SAI Loaded model and I still need to remove the camo job from previous owner. Its proving to be pretty tough paint.
I will most likely at least glass bed the trigger pad area to help improve lock up. Its not "bad" but I think a little tighter would help. There is a bit of fore and aft movement in the liner to receiver fit. I think its more the Receiver legs being a tad out of spec than the liner. I have a new liner coming and I will see if it fits better. If not I was thinking of a temporary fix by peening the liner face where it contacts the receiver? cant hurt none.
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