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It has been slow on the board, especially with gun related topics. I thought some of you may find this repair to be interesting.

This is a wonderful old Rigby percussion rifle built in the early 1850's, it had a crack in the hand and the wrist pin was rusted in place, the rust eventually turning to wood rot. I cut out the bad section, tightly fit a piece of 1/4 sawn Turkish to insert well on each side of the crack. The rot extended on one side beyond the trigger guard and into the checkering, a smaller piece was epoxied in place to repair that area. The new wood was re-inlet, then checkered to match, tricky because of the way the original checkering was cut, the wear on it and the fact that it was filled with grime and finish. The owner of the gun did not want all of the checkering re-cut, he just wanted me to match the repaired area with the existing checkering. I think it cam out well. The rifle will return next winter for a new wrist pin. I forgot to snap a picture of the large fillet but I think the pics tell the story.