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    Posted: January 22 2019 at 9:19am
I just bought a nice full barrel P 14 which has a sporterized (cut down) original stock.  Everything else is original, matching receiver and barrel serials, replacement bolt.

I want to restore it to full wood, but I balk (a little) at $275 US for a repro stock, which still needs quite a bit of work. I wonder if I can craft the front (lower) piece from walnut and finger-splice it into my original stock. The worst that can happen is I screw up, and then I have to buy the repro stock and fit it - but at best I can save the money - and get an original looking (patina) stock for the most part. I would have to buy the few extra fittings (foreend with bayonet fastener, original middle band, handguard) - but these are available as originals.

Has anyone else done anything like this?
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After many tedious (and literally bloody) hours trying to do a splice on a Martini stock I bought the  reproduction
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I see - did you use a splicing router bit? I wasn't so much concerned about the doing part - just the strength and look of the result. Most likely there is something I don't know about the doing of this that will come to bite me.
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I've done a similar repair, albeit in a regular rifle broken stock. Drilled holes  at the end in each piece, used 1/4" redi-rod, epoxied the holes and wood internal piece, then aligned and clamped. I let it dry over night. As I was refinishing the complete stock, I removed finish, sanded (used the sanding dust, mixed with wood glue, then applied to the "crack". I let dry, sanded all, and refinished. The guy still uses it! The biggest difference with yours is trying to get a matching piece. Lots of really knowledgeable blokes on this site. They'll be able to figure it out!
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Hand tools including a very sharp wood chiselWink
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The down fall as mentioned above is matching the patina + depending how oil soaked the wood is, could cause issues with gluing.
Just bite the bullet and buy a repo stock or keep an eye out for a decent original.
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Ah. I was going to cheat and use a fancy new-fangled finger-splice bit on my handy-dandy router. Something like this.
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