As levergun owners, we are all plagued by chunks of wood missing from the upper tang area of our buttstocks, especially the older guns. Taking stocks off and on, along with oil soaked wood plays heck with this area. The required job to fix this depends on how big of an area is broken off. Small areas can be filled with wood filler. Big chunks that are missing need this job done.
The below stock is off of a recently snagged Marlin 336 in 375 Winchester. It was missing a large chunk of wood in that area. When I'm done with this rifle, its going to look like it was made in 1880 instead of 1980.
The entire gun has been totally stripped of all of it's finish. The wood will get that old dark/red look with an oil finish. The receiver, barrel, and mag tube will be rust blued. The lever, hammer, forend cap will be given my "special aged look" (secret receipe
). Loading gate will be fire blued. A tang sight will be added and then off to the silhouette match Anyway, pics are a little fuzzy, but I can't go back and retake them. You will get the idea.
Bad area of wood has been cut out.,
,Piece of walnut epoxied in ,
,Front view of piece of wood that has been fitted,
,Epoxy has dried and wood has been sanded smooth. When the stain is added, it will be hard to notice.
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,With stain added--this will lighten up a bit after adding oil,
I'll even pay airfare. 
