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    Posted: July-06-2017 at 7:58pm
Hi, I recently purchased an early Red Ryder with a very damaged stock.

It had 4 wood staples and 4 nails in it, Please see photo.

I had to remove all of this metal and glue and clamp everything together, adding a little wood filler where needed, and stain and refinish last.

This took at least 2 hours so it is impractical to do for a $20 stock, but if you had a family heirloom, it may be worth it.

It is not perfect by any means and I am not a professional, so most of you will do much better.

If anyone would like step by step directions, I would be honored to help.

Thank you and regards, gkenny.

http://imgur.com/a/vlsK5
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Here's the photo:


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Man, that's a brutal repair. What a difference now!
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[QUOTE=BurghDude]Here's the photo:

Thanks BerghDude, Regards, gkenny


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Originally posted by John in N.B. John in N.B. wrote:

Man, that's a brutal repair. What a difference now!

Thank you John, I appreciate the compliment, regards, gkenny.
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Looks very nice! You do great work gkenny.
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Unbelievable the difference! I don't know if I'd have even attempted to fix it, let alone have it come out so great!!

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Originally posted by RedRyderUSA RedRyderUSA wrote:

Looks very nice! You do great work gkenny.

Thank you very much!

Regards, gkenny.
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Originally posted by cobalt327 cobalt327 wrote:

Unbelievable the difference! I don't know if I'd have even attempted to fix it, let alone have it come out so great!!


Thank you Cobalt, I value your opinion, regards, gkenny.
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Amazing, a true labor of love.







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