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Offline Zippo-23

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Help with Rem Nylon 66 stock repair
« on: March 05, 2011, 02:06:33 PM »
A friend of mine just bought a Nylon 66.  He's asked me to clean it for him and I have never seen a weapon this dirty.  However, his main problem is that the stock is cracked about 3/4 the way around in the forearm area.  Does anyone know of a commercial adhesive that will bond to the stock material?

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Dave
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Re: Help with Rem Nylon 66 stock repair
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2011, 09:56:03 PM »
I've seen damaged 66 stocks before but have never tried a fix. I would expect to have great difficulty finding a glue that will bond to this material. Check with the parts houses as I seem to remember new old stock replace stocks available for the 66 series rifle as being available at one time.. Good luck.
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Re: Help with Rem Nylon 66 stock repair
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2011, 10:36:41 PM »
I fixed one years ago with a 2 part epoxy.When it started setting up good I used the little pick that comes with a nutcracker set to put the checkering in the epoxy. Then sanded it to match, primed and painted. It was a black stock so pretty easy. The wood grain stock would be hard to match up with paint.
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Re: Help with Rem Nylon 66 stock repair
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2011, 02:00:17 PM »
     First an explanation.  My home computer crashed and I'm on my wife's old lap top.  When I was establishing my settings, I could not pull up Bravo 51...Over.   I created a new account under Zippo -23 so I could get on GBO.  Tim and GB got me straighten out so now I'm back to Bravo 51...Over.  Some of us ol' Marines can't walk and chew gum at the same time much less comprehend this computer stuff  ;D.
     Now on to the stock issue.   I tried a glue for automotive molding and after it set overnight I checked it and it was a no go  :(.  I scrapped that off and cleaned the surface with isopropyl alcohol.  I then tried super glue and let that set for 4 hours.  I had one of those rare moments of an idea that might work.   I took a piece of steel from a L bracket, drilled and tapped two holes.   Marked the stock and drilled holes in it and carefully tightened the screws.   It appears that this may work as while I was handling the stock, it has held up so far.  The stock is the brown simulated wood one.  Using 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper, I've smoothed up the surface pretty much and tried a fine grit polish and I'm almost matching the stock.  I'll work on it some more after the super glue cures for a couple more days.
     Thanks for the suggestions.  My friend is on SSI so he doesn't have much to play with.   That's why he sends things home with me to try and fix.  Some times I luck up and do fairly well.   He never complains because the price is right  ;D.

Dave
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