The stakes have been raised a bit. When I removed the barrel and front sling bar from the stock, it was so shattered near the end, it actually fell apart. Badly. Splinters all over the place.
But I think most of the splinters are there and for the ones that are missing, I have a fore arm from a P1837 musket parts gun I can splice into the gaps.
Shown are 2 'before' pics. Looks pretty grim but as mentioned above, eat the elephant with small bites. ( we are assuming the pachyderm is smoked or otherwise preserved and will not spoil before it's consumed)
So I just glued one peice onto the stock tonight - more one at a time. Then a sneeky trick. While looking for stuff to send Mr Wacko, I happened upon some old model RR stuff a fellow left me in his will. ( sold most of it already) Still in unopened bags was sheet styrene in various thickness. I hope to trim some .010" to fit the barrel channel & use it for reinforcement and also something for the repair splinters to be placed against for gluing.
Only a theory but I feel it's worth a shot. I scored a tiny flat faced mill bit for my Dremel and used that for inletting the repro buttplate - same will be done for all the splicing & inletting.
I also polished some brass parts but no pic of that until they are all done. When the splicing & gluing is done, there's a brass nose cap on the P1837 stock that I'll use on the P1841. Looks like it's a "drop in" change over.
This won't happen overnight, but I actually see light at the end of the tunnel.
Never say die!!
SW
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And doesn't feel real good on bare hide. Not sure how it reacts with latex gloves.
Works like a champ!
