bubba the bubbe

[FrogMan]

Assuming a double negative results in a positive I decided to Bubba this Bubba it.

I first Bought the rifle as a project and a after looking for the right wood for a while I decided to just buy another stock that had been the victim of Bubba. I figured the wood would be a better match and more material in the rifle would at least be period correct.

I cut the forward part of the additional Bubba stock and then printed a plastic bracket to (kind of) hold it in place while i worked on it.

some cutting and sanding later it started to look like something.

The next stpe will be to permanently attach the new front before stripping or sanding the old stock. any suggestions on the best glue and/or resin to use?

 

[TapcoFan]

no suggestions, but it looks promising! like the direction you are headed.

 

[Bagman]

In for finished product. Nice job OP.

 

[alleycat]

Assuming a double negative results in a positive I decided to Bubba this Bubba it.

I first Bought the rifle as a project and a after looking for the right wood for a while I decided to just buy another stock that had been the victim of Bubba. I figured the wood would be a better match and more material in the rifle would at least be period correct.
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I cut the forward part of the additional Bubba stock and then printed a plastic bracket to (kind of) hold it in place while i worked on it.
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some cutting and sanding later it started to look like something.
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The next stpe will be to permanently attach the new front before stripping or sanding the old stock. any suggestions on the best glue and/or resin to use?

You got skills man

 

[mo mauser]

Cool! Subscribed

 

[Hayata]

You make the milsurp gods smile...

 

[FrogMan]

after watching a couple of YouTube videos I decided to glue the two parts with epoxy and use the temporary plastic bracket I had made previously as an inside brace.

The two part epoxy on the far left i will inject into the stock parts around the plastic bracket after first gluing the two pieces together with the middle epoxy (I think).

before starting the glue process i sprayed the barrel with some epoxy release agent I had laying around usually I use Vaseline on larger projects like this where Im not trying to get super fine cast but decided to use this instead as the oils from the Vaseline might soak up int the wood.

 

[FrogMan]

Glue job seems to be strong. Seam can clearly be seen but then again the intention was newer to hide the repair.

next step is to remove the old lacquer or whatever Bubba finished the stock with. Then to address a large crack in the hand guard, Bubba had put filler in it that had cracked again and was ugly, Im thinking of just removing the filler and stabilize it without actually closing and filling it.

 

[EMC45]

Looks good!

 

[FrogMan]

Stock has been stripped and already looks a lot better than the shellac Bubba special

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