Thread: Bubba what have you done?

Originally Posted by Cigar

Here is my first ever rifle - an air rifle I got as a a birthday present about 36 years ago.
My brother took it out after some rabbits and reckoned he dropped it barrel first into soft ground, but somehow this shattered the stock. He taped it up with packaging tape, and 30 or so years later it's still going strong - with the original tape! As they say, "if it ain't broke don't fix it", or should that be "if it's only a little bit broke don't fix it"?
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He heh. Far be it from me to diss the good tape, but if you DO want to fix it, put some epoxy into the cracks. Then drill holes across cracks and put in a long coarse-thread brass wood screws with some more epoxy on the threads. Tighten then cut head off screw and file flat. Super strong repair and does not look bad having a wee spot of brass showing here and there.