Marlin Bulls Eye Replacement?

[salvo]

My Marlin Texan had a sling stud installed were the Bulls Eye goes. I ordered a replacement Bulls Eye from Brownells and got it today in the mail.
Has anyone replaced one before? What type of glue/adhesive did you use, or recommend?

[jnyork]

Any good wood glue will work fine. Nothing exotic required. I think I used Elmer's.

[salvo]

Sounds good, I have some Elmers.

[marlinman93]

I use clear epoxy, as it will fill the area and hold great. Be sure to mask off the wood around the hole before gluing it in!

[Mutt]

Marlin sent me one for free, but I'm not sure how to shape the top as it seems to curve down on both sides of the stock . I wonder if the white ring and the black dot goes deep enough to allow for shaping . My other guns except one are shaped so the the black dot is level with the stock edge and the white drifts down on both sides. There by appears some sanding is required. The other gun is just below level and not shaped .............Any help ? Thanks Ya'll. Hope I'm not overiding the man's topic. .............................Mutt

[Chuck 100 yd]

The ring goes all the way through, I cut them in half and they are enough for two guns. I use a jewelers saw to do this.
I also use clear epoxy to mount them and mask off the area around the bullseye with 1 layer of masking tape and then contour it to match the stock with a fine tooth file. They come out looking factory.

[salvo]

Mutt, I got the bulls eye pushed in as far as it would go (Very tight fit), then I ran a wrighting pen around it so I could shape the top of the bullsey to the shape of the stock, pulled it out and cut it in half, like Chuck 100 yd, said you get enough for two replacements. Then I sanded it down to the pen line. I used Elmers glue as jnyork suggested.
Came out real nice, thanks for the help guys.

You can see how I rounded the top to fit the stock with this picture.

[Chuck 100 yd]

Lookin GOOD!

[otteray]

The ring goes all the way through, I cut them in half and they are enough for two guns. I use a jewelers saw to do this.
I also use clear epoxy to mount them and mask off the area around the bullseye with 1 layer of masking tape and then contour it to match the stock with a fine tooth file. They come out looking factory.

+1
That's exactly how I do it!

[rjohns94]

looks great

[marlinman93]

Yea, I do them the same way Chuck does. Mask them and sand/file down to the tape, then pull the tape off. I finish with clear nail polish over the bullseye to make it look original.

[Sixgun]

Nice clean job! While I can't speak for everyone, I am guilty of the stupid move of installing a sling eye where the bullseye is--------------but..............I think I was about 16---------------Sixgun

[salvo]

I wish every one mounted the sling eye in the bullseye, much easier to fix that way.