Mr. Sprucegum and Mr. Richardson and I are in the same camp. Many guns of all shapes and sizes have had breaks at the wrist repaired in any number of ways throughout History. That break is very common especially in the days of lots or horseback work and crawling around on the ground dodging arrows and such. Personally, I would feel safe repairing it with epoxy, acraglass, or even Titebond III... I'd put a couple or few brass rods in strategic locations just for good measure. Aesthetics are dependent on your woodworking skills...
I'd feel better about shooting that rifle after repair than I would glueing or epoxying a wooden disc back together and spinning it at 3500 RPM and jobbing at it with a pointy knife a foot from my face, yet lots of folks do just that with great regularity.
I have a Mod 11 Remington 12 ga that I used for years in brackish water. The wrist was broken through and bound with leather thong and reinforced inside with acraglass. The forend was split in three places and glued together with Titebond with wallboard screws holding it tight. It's probably safer than when it was new, since the wrist broke and the forend split...
Take the barrel and hardware off, clean the surfaces with acetone, slather it with acraglass, clamp it, drill some holes and run some acraglass covered brass pins through where it doesn't interfere with the operation, let it dry, put releasing agent on the barrel and glass bed the whole thing. You'll come out better than new.
But, that's my opinion.
Alan
dunlapwoodcrafts.com
