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Thanks, Lee.
Would that make it safe to shoot (from a stock cracking standpoint)?
Would that make it safe to shoot (from a stock cracking standpoint)?
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Coach Wood is not the strongest wood, but does not crack as much as some people think. I have repaired about 50 or more Enfield fore stocks and out of those I think only two were coach wood.
One of the coach wood forestocks I repaired was for a member over at Gunboards. He did a nice write up on the repair and posted some great pics.
Most often what will cause the stock to crack is improper fitting. This is not saying that the stock was not fitted properly fitted at the factory. Wood has a habit of shrinking, more so if it was not properly cured, and then there are some species of wood that are just not as stable as others.
So over the years the contact points in a stock can change a little. Just make sure that your stock is fitted good and it will be good to go.Do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.
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