Glued Cracked Stock Wrist?

[angrybear]

Back in 83 (ish) a RAF chippy glued an old FN shotgun wrist for me after I fell on the gun & broke it, that lasted 30 odd years.

[Murphy]

If it had split clean in half them I would use a screw but just a split just glue.

[ora8i]

I glued a length of threaded rod into one I repared, it worked a treat.


Ora

[air-tech]

Properly glued, the glued area is often stronger than the wood itself. Having recently needed to separate some glued 2x4s, they mostly separated from the wood itself, not the glued join, which would remain attached to one piece or the other... quite inconvenient TBH.

[mrto]

Thanks for everyone's input.

I think the glue alone will be enough as many are suggesting.

ATB.

[dalesman917]

Hard to say without seeing how it split. Obviously a uneven split will have more strength if glued and perfectly mated back together than a smooth split. I would be tempted to put a screw in or a peg. Depends how confident you are with such work. I recently glued a split Mercury stock but added a peg for good measure. OK it is easily seen but kind of adds to the character. Once something like that happens I would personally prioritise restoring strength and functionality over trying to make it look exactly as before. Don't suppose one would with a Purley though...

[jumbuck]

Years back this was so modern glues are probably even better, I resin glued an old HW80 stock back together at the pistol grip. Could see the repair but I made a nice job of it however a year to 18 months it broke again on the original break so replaced the stock with a reasonable second hand item.