ReadyontheRight
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I broke out the old Remington Sportsman 58 today for one of my last rounds of trap for the year. I had put it away about 10 years ago after a trigger-removal cleaning ... with a little handling and silicon cloth rubbed on it every few months.
Unfortunately BROKE was the right word.
Very windy, temp in the 30s and a little snow.
I got off 5 shots from the first station, hitting only two. I then moved to station #2 and put a round in the magazine. I could not pull the bolt back. Oh well, it's done this to me before. I can figure it out, but not now. I switched to a 20-ga Rem LT-1100 and still only got a 13 while my bare fingers got numb.
Starting off my second round (another 13:banghead, I found a chunk of wood at the first station.
My camera is broken, so I can't post a pic. It is a triangle of wood off the bottom side of the butt of the stock about 1 inch wide and 2 inches tall. It broke off the end of the stock starting at the bottom buttstock screw.
This is a cherished gun from my father. I know for a fact that it has not had any sort of banging around in the past 20 years, but it also had not been shot more than a few times at ducks or grouse since 1980.
Am I drying the wood out? I keep dessicant packs in my safe and I have a smaller chunk out of the same place on an old 870.
I am planning to get some good wood glue and use a padded vice to put it back in place. Any glue recommendations or any reason I should do anything differently?
Unfortunately BROKE was the right word.
Very windy, temp in the 30s and a little snow.
I got off 5 shots from the first station, hitting only two. I then moved to station #2 and put a round in the magazine. I could not pull the bolt back. Oh well, it's done this to me before. I can figure it out, but not now. I switched to a 20-ga Rem LT-1100 and still only got a 13 while my bare fingers got numb.
Starting off my second round (another 13:banghead, I found a chunk of wood at the first station.
My camera is broken, so I can't post a pic. It is a triangle of wood off the bottom side of the butt of the stock about 1 inch wide and 2 inches tall. It broke off the end of the stock starting at the bottom buttstock screw.
This is a cherished gun from my father. I know for a fact that it has not had any sort of banging around in the past 20 years, but it also had not been shot more than a few times at ducks or grouse since 1980.
Am I drying the wood out? I keep dessicant packs in my safe and I have a smaller chunk out of the same place on an old 870.
I am planning to get some good wood glue and use a padded vice to put it back in place. Any glue recommendations or any reason I should do anything differently?