MG bbl. with crack at the wrist.

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yellowkid

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I've got an MG barrelled bcd 4 (99412) with a crack at the wrist. It's never really bothered me as it's an uncommon gun and I have no plans to shoot. I'm also a carpenter, and can tell you that a crack against the grain of a piece of plywood like this would take quite a bit of force! I've always kinda thought, with no proof, that it was more likely a blow like the one pictured in BBOTW than from firing. I've also seen other photos with capture piles including guns broken at the wrist like this but can't put my finger on that right now. And interestingly enough, I've seen two bcd4s, including another MG bbl., in the trader recently with similar cracks. thought I'd post and see what folks think. Is it possible for a stock to crack like this from firing?
 

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If it cracked from being bashed like in the picture, it would probably have serious bruising on some portion of the stock that smacked against the object. Any signs of that?
 
I read somewhere (probably here) that you get cracks on rifles stocks like that form them being dropped butt first onto a hard surface. This is why it's important to pack a rifle well inside the box - if the shipper drops the box like that the rifle is going to come to you in pieces, whereas if it's padded appropriately it will be fine.

Also I doubt it was smashed like in that pic because the guns you see being destroyed like that were just that - destroyed. No one was going to bother carefully picking up the two halves of rifle and saving it from that point forward. Chances are the metal of those guns never even made it to us but got recycled or dumped in the ocean.
 
I have seen a disproportionate amount of untouched & undamaged late Menzel stocks with cracks around the wrist like that compared to other stock suppliers.
 
it cracked at the weakest point of stress in the stock / more common than you would think / also stocks sometimes crack at this point when grenades are fired from the rifle. You often find post war reworks w/ an additional recoil lug installed at the wrist .
 
Mike that was my point as well -- and yet they are thicker throughout. and Dave that's a good point about the reworks very common as you pointed out. thx all for the thoughts.
 
They got slung into piles, dropped from trucks, etc. If the laminate had any flaws, which did happen, and it made a significant butt impact, that’s what would happen.
 
Many folks, even those who are being paid to pack things, don’t realize how much needs to be done to protect things. I hoard materials I receive & can re-use for shipping rifles & stocks, even motorcycle wheels! My younger son thinks its OK to put a fragile object into an oversized box w/1 pc of used bubblebwrap!
 
When there is already some dirt or discoloration in the crack line, so i assume its long time crack not done some weeks ago, could be caused by wrong storage in decades or by wrong handling or transporting like mentioned.
 
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