Why not get it repaired?

 

I asked a skilled local gunsmith, who's work on other guns for both my wife and me, and he told me he couldn't repair the crack. It's still functional the way it is now, but I'm afraid it'll separate in the middle of a club match. Maybe I'll just try to find someone who specializes on stock repairs. Good advice, thank you!

 

Your XT has a high and possibly parallel comb specifically built for Trap shooting. Stocks are not necessarily interchangeable on most O/U, but often can be fitted with a little tinkering, for lack of a better word. As far as I know, a 425 stock will be a field stock with completely different dimensions from the trap stock on your gun. Are you aware of that?

 

The sight I went to listed a high comb stock that would fit the XT and 425 both. I've never handled or seen a 425, but had a feeling it was to be too good to be true. Thank you.

 

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They show this one in stock. It is a Millers XT and so it’s not cheap but it will definitely fit.

Browning Citori 12GA XT Trap Millers Gold Stock w/ Adj. Comb & RH Palm Swell, Oil (ST)

Check out the deal on Browning Citori 12GA XT Trap Millers Gold Stock w/ Adj. Comb & RH Palm Swell, Oil (ST) at MGW

www.midwestgunworks.com

 

I would get it repaired. Steven Rademacher at Target Shotguns would be my choice. This is his # 828-393-3833. He's a real pro.

 

In the last 20 years I have repaired at least 2 dozen stocks with cracks behind tangs (and sometimes much worse) with this glue and have never had a failure yet.

There is a learning curve on how to do it, so sending to pro that knows how is not a bad idea.

 

In the last 20 years I have repaired at least 2 dozen stocks with cracks behind tangs (and sometimes much worse) with this glue and have never had a failure yet.

There is a learning curve on how to do it, so sending to pro that knows how is not a bad idea.

Thanks loads!

 

Cyanoacrylate is the chemical name for any superglue. Nothing magic about Bob Smith Industries product.

Steve

 

There most certainly is -- the "Super Thin" part, which they really mean. There are about a hundred "super glues" made and 99% of them will not work as well for repairing a crack in a stock. Considering the small cost of the Bob Smith relative to the importance of getting the repair done right, I am not going to screw around with anything else.

The super-thin CA works by wicking up to the head of the crack. If you put a CA glue in the crack that is not quite thin enough it does NOT wick all the way but it does forever block a sufficiently thin glue from getting there.

I imagine somebody else makes a CA with as low a viscosity but I am not going to take the time to try to find them. I KNOW Bob Smith's Super-Thin works. They make other CA's but they will not work. You want the Super Thin.