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Winchester 1892 & 1894 Stock Chips

truthfultruthful Member Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2013 in Ask the Experts
It seems that time and again when I inspect an old Winchester 1892 or 1894 there is a chunk of the stock wood missing at the upper right front where the stock, upper tang, and receiver all meet. Sometimes on the left side also. It's a fairly protected area so I can't imagine it happening due to usage. I suspect it may be that Bubba messed around but I've removed and replaced many stocks on these guns myself with no problem. Any ideas as to the cause?
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "bubba" is the cause... and apparently, you did not inherit the "bubba" gene.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,052 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i also think if the inletting is a little tight on one side or the other and as the wood gets older and shrinks more of the recoil is borne on the tight side causeing the cracks and chips,a loose stock don,t help either. i fine two piece stocks on shotguns suffer from the same thing.
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  • USN_AirdaleUSN_Airdale Member Posts: 2,987 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by truthful
    It seems that time and again when I inspect an old Winchester 1892 or 1894 there is a chunk of the stock wood missing at the upper right front where the stock, upper tang, and receiver all meet. Sometimes on the left side also. It's a fairly protected area so I can't imagine it happening due to usage. I suspect it may be that Bubba messed around but I've removed and replaced many stocks on these guns myself with no problem. Any ideas as to the cause?


    could you provide a photo ?
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  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My THEORY is that it is from the recoil forces. When wood is fitted tight against metal that has a recoil force against it, the wood will compress and also develope cracks from which a small piece may split off. That is why bolt action rifles need a small clearance at the end of the receiver. Without that clearance the wood will crack there, at least on Mauser type rifles.
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  • Rex MahanRex Mahan Member Posts: 529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester fit the stocks to each gun. They do cross over but not always perfectly. At least in some cases I think the cracks are from stocks being changed out. Thats why some really beat up guns are not cracked and some not so used are.
    Probably not a for sure thing. Model 70s are the same. The screw in the Tang can be a problem if it is too tight.
    I had a good Pre War gun that had a pad on it and purchased a stock to replace it. I didnt clearance the tang screw and after a few rounds the new stock was cracked.
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