Hi All, I just recently purchased a pristine 1898 Krag & had it shipped to my FFL. The rifle arrived with a broken stock courtesy of the shipping company.  A claim has been filed for damages but in the meantime I am going to need to locate a replacement stock. Can anyone give me some info on where I might can get one?  Thanks, Mike

What kind of structural epoxy? A 2 part? Any particular brand?

If the primary concern is strength (for shooting) epoxy will provide a very strong bond. It will, however, leave a visible glue line for all to see.

If a less conspicuous joint is desired, the best choice is old-fashioned hot hide glue (the kind used by luthiers to make invisible repairs on high-value fiddles). It's very strong in shear, but is brittle and can fail under tensile impact (like using your Krag to deliver a horizontal butt-stroke). Thin cyanoacrilate ("Super Glue") is almost as inconspicuous and somewhat stronger, but still not fully impact-resistant.

Any wrist repair of this nature can be made much stronger by boring a blind hole back from the receiver inletting after the initial repair has set completely. A walnut dowel is then fitted to the hole and epoxied in place, providing mechanical strength as well as significant added bonding surface. (The dowel must ordinarily be scored or fluted before final insertion to allow air and excess glue to escape from the blind hole.)

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Once the glue has set, the exposed end of the dowel is carved to match the original inletting.

Look in the classified stickies, two KCA founding members offer original parts for sale and might have a stock or a lead on one!!!

Absolutely sickening to be honest. I thought that I was gonna puke on the spot. 

Unfortunately, any stock you would purchase via Gunbroker or EBay is not going to measure up to (what appears to be in the photos) an absolutely beautiful stock!  However, I agree with replacing it temporarily while making good, solid repairs to the original.  That way, you can take her out and give her a little dance!  Also unfortunately, any stock... whether new reproduction, or old used from someone, is not going to be cheap!  As Ned said... check the classifieds first.  Antique arms shows might also be a good place to look.  I did see one recently on EBay, but I can not verify the quality... or whether it's still there or not.

As an addendum...  I will say that repairing my cracked stock took me about a week, working a few hours a night.  However, my stock was merely cracked, and not broke right through.  Also, this is NOT the first time I've heard of this happening with a shipping company!

I received one broken like that!  I think somewhere in the PO system there's a guy who has the job of stepping on a box suspected of having a gun in it.  The box is supported at each end and the fellow is pretty heavy!  I made a claim for mine with the PO, they wanted the whole gun at the PO!  I finished the claim online for the collector value destroyed, got the whole $500 I paid for the rifle!  I kept the rifle and put it a different stock that was easier to repair, just cracked, not broken in two.  I use Brownell's Accraglas.  Regular if I'm going inject into a crack, the gel to spread around without running.