[Blackbarry]

This is emotionally horrible but physically correctable. After viewing the pics, my conclusion is that this will be a 2 stage project. First stage is a good a repair job. Unfortunately, there appears to be a missing wood chip. Any "mashed" wood is history. And any repair job leaving the ugly scar of the accident will depress you every time you view it. Repair it as best you can and fill in the missing wood to create the original form of the wood.

Second stage is a new stock, fore and aft (to match). You can search the traditional gun suppliers for a new stock such as Numrich, but this is an opportunity to make your rifle truly shine. Go here: https://www.cookwoods.com/ and look at their walnut selections. Truly beautiful. Then you can send your old stock parts here: http://www.gunstockduplicating.com/index.html to get an exact replica of the original stock (that's why the repair to form phase).

You can spend all the hours you want finishing your new stock and fall in love with your rifle once again. Her beauty will be not only restored, but greatly improved. Hope this helps.

 

[Blackbarry]

Update:

Fastened a piece of Walnut into the squared off chip in the stock. I used Titebond III and wiped up the excess after clamping with moistened paper towel. Let that sit for a day







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I'm disappointed the replacement piece is so much lighter....
If not, suggestions on what I might be able to do even them out?

Thanks

--bob

The natural wood has a reddish tinge to it. I'd buy a small can of Minwax Gunstock stain. Take about a thimbleful out and cut it with mineral spirits about 9:1. Only a 10% solution as a result. Then tape off the natural wood and use the Q-tip application method. Check your result against a visible portion of the natural stock. You can always increase the concentration of stain in your diluted sample if needed. If you think your close, remove the tape and use a rag and rub to blend in your patch stain. Finally, I do not recommend a pure oil finish such as BLO. Use a varnish type finish such as Formby's Tung oil. Just my $0.02.