February 2020

A client had the fore end of his Browning Citori shotgun crack and a bit of the wood along the crack chipped and fell off. It was promptly sent off to a smith who obviously had access to a lot of epoxy 🙂

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So we completely stripped off the epoxy along with the old finish, then cleaned and reshaped the crack. We then glued in a matching piece of wood and sanded it down to match the contour of the fore end.

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 Reinforced the crack from the inside of the fore end – this portion is covered by the fore end iron.

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After staining and 4-5 coats of a hard wearing oil finish – before the checkering was re-cut and final finish applied.

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