I'm currently refinishing a pair of target stocks for installation on a 686. There are no washers on this particular pair, and the wood portion which serves the purpose of washers(fill the semi-circles at the top of the grip frame to keep the panels from shifting) does not fit snugly, allowing the grip panels to shift back and forth. Consequently I need to fill the gaps that exist at those points with something so that the panels won't move. This means a shim of some sort that can be glued, or a putty/filler which dries hard and adheres to the wood(would need to be sandable).

What would you folks recommend?

Andy



P.S. I hope all that was clear. Once again I apologize that no pictures are available. If more clarity is needed let me know. Thank you so much for your input.

One of the epoxy puttys you normally find in the glue isle at a hardware store or wallmart would work.

Accruglas from Brownell's is made just for this, but a little pricey unless you happen to have some laying around.

Just make sure you use a release agent when using it, otherwise those grips are likely to be the last ones ever installed on that gun.

we've just used wood or fiber pieces, that are rounded to the "exact" diameter of the inlet of the guns frame...used to be able to find those wooden "cookies"?? at the hobby shops,but its been a while since we've seen them...ANY scrap piece of wood wikll do it...as said above, the 'epoxies ( even glass bedding.Bisonite, etc, can be used), but you GOTTA make sure you use the releasing agents, or its "fubar".......
I'd stick with the wood, or even use some of the metal washers that were used on the original grips... the medallions and rivets are tougher to find though...........I may still have a few of them washers here somewhere, got them from Chuck years ago,before he passed away. Found them, they're .750 (3/4") in diameter, with a slight taper down to .745"...................

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Back in the day, I used a product called "Micro-Bed" that worked perfectly. Long gone, however. Today, I might try J-B Weld.

-jwk-

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Thanks, fellas.

Dan,

I want to make sure we're on the same page. Did you think I was speaking of grips which were missing their washers? If so, let me clarify things. This pair is one of the newer kind that were designed without washers. The wood on the backside is shaped to take the place of the washers on the earlier designs. The originals from this particular gun are the same way. The problem on this pair is that, for some reason, the rounded portion of the wood doesn't quite fill the space it's supposed to fill. There is about 2mm of empty space(and therefore, play) in the fit. And so whatever I put in there will be just a thin piece, or layer. Does this make any difference in what you would suggest?

Andy