It takes too much time and effort to setup just for a simple repair. We don't all have access to a glue pot or the animal glue. Yes, they're very strong, but they're not ideal for several reasons. Why not use a heated, or even liquid, hide glue? They're good and strong, so why not? Well, heated hide glues are used so a joint can be taken apart later, if necessary. A guy can go and read and learn about different glues and their properties. Now, I didn t write the book on this - I'm too much of a layman for that, I'm just repeating what I've learned and experienced. Yellow and white glues (and animal hide glues - very good!) allow this to occur, while still keeping the fibers joined at the cellular level. As wood expands and contracts with changes in humidity, the woods fibers (inside the glued joint) must be able to act accordingly. This is where the aliphatic resins shine, and this is why they're used in woodworking. But when we're gluing wood, we need the fibers to join in a cellular fashion.

And waterproof.no water will penetrate them. Yes, they have incorporated in them some toughness - some elasticity, but at their core they're brittle. How is that, when we know epxoy glues are truly super adhesives? Well, epoxy dries to a hard, brittle cure. Most rifles wouldn t fall into this category, no matter where you were hunting, but maybe a few might.Д®poxies will work fine for a wood repair, but again, they're uneccessary. But if you knew, for example, that when hunting with one particular rifle, it was going to get rained and snowed on every time, and that dampness would sit on the rifle for hours on end until you got home and could wipe it dry.then you would want a more resistant resin like Titebond 2 or 3. And.while either glue will work on a rifle stock, it is wholly uneccessary. Now, you would use that type of glue if you were building some teak (or oak, or cedar, or.) patio chairs that were expected to sit out in the weather throughout the seasons. Titebond II (and the newer Titebond III) have a much greater water resistance than regular aliphatic resin glue. Got a little rain or snow on your favorite Ruger rifle? You used the correct glue for repair - a yellow glue. What we're talking here is resistance.water resistance.not proofing. hehehe But.how much water resistance do we need for a gun stock? If we drop our Remington pump in the lake for a week, and forgot to use a water proof glue, and the stock breaks again, we've got bigger problems than stock repair. Fix your stock, let it cure, then stand it on-end soaking in the bathtub for three days. It's a yellow aliphatic resin, the same as any other yellow glue on the market (Elmers, Franklin, etc). For example, Titebond has been mentioned. Water resistance is nice but not necessary. ALL of those mentioned would repair a broken stock, yes.even the super glues. You have yellow and white glues, polyurethane glues (Gorilla glue), epoxies, Accraglass (which I suspect is an epoxy resin ), cyanoacrylates (super glues), and hide glues. Some are better than others, hence the reason for this thread. Virtually ANY glue will join wood and do the job. This takes care of this thread, but for those looking to repair their stocks and still aren t sure which is the best glue, there's this:

Acraglas stock crack repair