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Half way there...

I think I'll go with the Boiled Linseed Oil, that is what I did with my Lee-Enfield Rifles. It is easy, I have it on hand, if it has worked for the British Army...well then a Mossberg Shotgun that will spend 99% of it's life in a cabinet will be fine. Really...I do like the way it looks.
I'll strip the light varnish off the fore-end and see how the colours match. If I need help in person, I do have friends that are good with woodwork.
I ended up ordering a 1 1/4" Sling Swivel from Numrich, along with the replacement for the broken buttplate screw. I've installed one before, I can do it again. The first actually turned out alright!! LOL
More to follow I'm sure.
Mark
 
and this guy takes you in depth a lil more than Larry does...but it's uncut so it's a half hour long....


pretty simple job though. Just make sure you have the correct drill bits....and you should be good to go.
 
TomcatPC said:
How did you end up getting the broken screw out? Mine is broken off almost flush with the wood. The one solution I can think of, involves removing just enough wood to get a grip on the screw with pliers, etc. Then there would be enough wood remaining deeper that the new screw could grip. Hope that made sense?
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I think you are on the right track, here. I have a hollow, tubular drill bit designed just for this purpose--to remove some material to get at the screw better or to completely drill around it. Then a bung (piece of wood dowel) would glued into the hole when done.

Alternately, using a small bit and not too deep, drill around the screw until you can get a pair of needle-nose vise-grips on it and carefully unscrew it out. Sounds like the location is "hidden" so you could glue a dowel into the hole when done, then re-drill for the screw.

A sling swivel is easy to install. I'm sure you can do it without much carnage...
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I'll get a needle-nosed vise-grip pliers and go that route, if that does not work... Then I'll find another way. I need to get a Needle-nose vise-grip pliers first, so looks like I go shopping tomorrow.
Mark
 
I ended up going with a "satin" finish varnish. Got the first coat on the stock, will do a second coat soon as the first dries a bit. Then I will give the fore-end a coat just so they match. Got a friend that will help me with the broken screw and sling swivel once they get here. Then maybe I'll post a photo.
Mark
 
You'll have to go slow when first starting the bit in the wood as it will want to wander off everywhere....
 
This is what it looks like. I still need to get the buttplate screw taken out, but need to borrow tool/get help with. But I got the sling swivel in (far from perfect, given what I had to work with) and the new butt stock on. An inch shorter than the original, but I think I can deal with it.



Check out the hybrid M-16A2 Sling Black Webbing with hardware salvaged from a rotted out canvas M-1 Sling...LOL. Might swap that out for a regular Black M-16A2 Sling, or a complete Olive Drab Canvas M-1 Sling. Then again, odds are this will not get hauled around a lot... Not that it really matters LOL.
To me it looks something like seen in news films from 1960's "Civil Unrest".

Now I need to find a place to shoot at LOL!
Mark
 
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Cool beans.....sling looks a lil tight though.
 
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