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I recently obtained a new (to me) Trulock brothers shotgun, which some idiot had fitted (badly) a set of sling swivels. The holes in the bottom rib can be filled with soft solder. But can anyone tell me how to fill the unsightly hole in the stock, making it as invisible as possible.
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Usual advice is to fit a walnut dowel, align the grain, stain to match, and refinish. One of the nicest I've seen was where someone expanded the swivel hole to a diamond shape and fitted a piece of ebony...Geo
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I would plug the hole in the rib with pin held in place by locktight, but solder would work, just not very pretty. For the buttstock I would turn a piece of similar color walnut slightly oversize in a lathe and taper the leading edge as well. The season for turning a dowel as opposed to buying one is you can get the correct grain flow to best match. Use white glue as it is the least visible.
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Good idea Geo. Problem is, its a big old hole. I would fit a silver oval, but there is already a nice gold oval behind the top tang.
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I recently had a similar problem with a forearm wood. Seems the spring that keeps tension on the "J" spring fastener was broken; and rather than repair the spring, Mr. Fixit drilled (wallowed-out)about a 5/16" hole thru the base of the forearm and on thru the iron to accommodate a stove bolt (he actually drilled two holes, as he wasn't paying attention and drilled thru the J spring itself on his first attempt). The repair worked like a charm, as regards holding the fore iron in place; but looked like H#*!. I had a friend in AL fix these holes to invisible condition. He used a walnut dowel to plug the hole just below the surface of the wood; then cut and glued a piece of veneer with matching grain to cover the dowel repair and bring flush with the forearm surface. When completed and checkered (only a portion was checkered), the repair was invisible (except for the hole still in the iron that remains to be repaired).
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walnut dowell is about the best option
Last edited by old colonel; 05/24/16 06:08 PM.
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What you guys are referring to as a dowel is not a dowel, but a plug. A dowel would expose end grain (not good). A plug would expose edge grain or face grain (way better).
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This is great information. An insert is a nice option to a plug. The pin/loctite is a good tip as well. Thanks for sharing the ideas.
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