Practically anything is possible if you have a positive attitude and patience to carry it out.
Here's a stock repair I did for a friend who fell on his rifle smashing it through the lock area, arguably the worst place to break a stock. Luckily he was able to find all the pieces in the snow, and brought the rifle to me not having been disassembled. The steel furniture held it together until I got it into the shop.
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This next pic is of the whole lot reassembled with AccraGlas (Brownell's) gluing it all together.
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There may be other issues with an antique rifle that has been broken for a long time, and maybe even an attmpt at repair. If someone else's glue is in the break - good luck!! If pieces are missing, they can be made to fit, but it isn't as strong as a break like the one above. AccraGlas is amazing glue(epoxy). It can be made super thin to work into cracks by holding under a light bulb 'til hot, but be aware that this accelerates the 'kick over' (curing). Still there is lots of time for it to work, as normally, it requires a good 24 hours to cure. And it can be thickened by adding the flok (shredded fibreglass) to fill gaps, but again, this is not as strong as a microscopic glue line. The rifle above has been shooting strong these past four years after repair, accounting for thousands of shots.