Thread: Add weight to synthetic stock

Originally Posted by chainsaw

what's the rifle ? and what are you trying to achieve ? tighter groups ? less recoil ?
Sometimes synthetic stocks won't shoot well off a bipod becos the fore end is simply not stable enough (too much flex).
You can stiffen up the fore end by bedding job that extends down thru the ribs. This will add a little bit of weight too.
If you're end game is tighter groups I'd be going for bedding job before adding weight anywhere else.

It's a 22lr Tikka T1x, so definitely not too tame recoil.
I'm not hoping to improve accuracy per se, but make the rifle heavier so it's easier to shoot accurately when accuracy testing, but wanted it easily removable for general use.

I found some diving weights on Trademe and made up some cardboard box templates to try fitting them in the butt, worked pretty well reckon I'd get x3 500g weights in there.
But then I remembered I had 1.5kg of stainless tumbling pins (I haven't done any tumbling for a long time, thank goodness).
I put them all in a plastic zip lock bag and tried stuffing it in there, subsequently pouring them all over the floor.
So I picked them up again with the magnet I used the last few times I split them everywhere, put the bag in first, then poured the pins into the bag.
I reckon I got about 1.2kg in there.

Funnily enough the gun feels really heavy now, so just need to test whether it's achieved what I'd hoped it would.
If the wind dies down this evening I may test tonight, failing that I should get a chance over the next few days.

Originally Posted by Cordite

How about West Coast iron sand? Density almost twice that of normal sand.

And guaranteed to rust anything around