Any advice on how to make a rifle heavier ?

My brother in law filled his plastic stock on a savage with rockite. Liquid/gel that sets up. Take off the buttpad off and pour it in and any other cavities that are accessible. Just don't change the action or barrel seating.
Also, upgrade the buttpad to a limbsaver, or cut some flip flops to add extra padding, although it changes the LOP.
 
Limbsaver for sure. 270 isn't or shouldn't be that hard on your shoulder, I put one on my Browning A bolt stainless stalker 300 win mag and it takes it down some to a point where I don't mind taking it to the range. I weigh a buck 65 fyi. Or try a PAST shooting pad for over your shoulder. Keeps it manageable at the range and you don't have to ruin the feel of a light stock by adding a bunch of unnecessary weight to it..
 
I filled the butt of a target rifle with silicone caulking and lead wheel weights. Definitely made it heavier lol.
 
For you guys saying a 270 shouldn’t bite that bad, you may be right, but it’s not always the case.
My buddy has a Husquvarna, not a lightweight rifle, in 270. I would rather shoot his 338WM that has no brake than his 270. Stock design or what, I’m not sure. But some rifles just don’t shoot well.

That being said, yours is a lot newer and a better design overall. A recoil pad just may work.
 
You could put an elastic buttstock shell-holder with half a box of shells stuck in it. Ordinarily I cringe when I see such things but if you want to make your rifle heavier in a hurry for almost nothing that’s one way.
 
Anything that has weight but allows to move on the stock will not reduce recoil as well as something fixed hard to the stock.

Someone should really do a recoil reducer like the mercury thing but with non newtonian fluid.
 
I have used lead shot mixed with epoxy glue to fill voids in synthetic stocks to make the rifle heavier.
 
There are numerous ways to add weight but I think it is important to add the weight in the right places to produce good balance and handling characteristics. When I add weight, I usually try to keep the added weight between the hands. You say the rifle has a rubber pad but I don't know how good that pad is. My choice is always a Pachmayr decelerator and, if the stock is on the petit side, I may grind the pad to provide a little more surface. Not ideal from an aesthetic standpoint but helps a lot in recoil distribution. If shooting from the bench with a rifle that kicks a bit, I always use a pad, cut out from some of that foam flooring, which I stuff inside my shirt. The pad is large enough to spread the recoil over a large area anf is a pretty good cushion.
 
I have an AB3 in 270 and it's pretty tame, nothing noticeably recoil wise. Pretty sure the recoil pad is the same as the Xbolt, inflex or whatever they call it.
 
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Anyone should be able to handle a 270 with a bit of coaxing.

I'd put on a heavy scope, add a good recoil pad, wear one of those PAST pads, shoot lighter bullets and sit in an upright position when shooting it from a bench instead of hunching down behind it.
 
doc25 said:
Stock may not fit you well.
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That's what I was thinking. I know a guy with a 300wm xbolt composite and I don't find it to recoil all that much more than my 270 savage axis (and less than my 7mag rem783)

OP what's the current weight of your rifle? My Axis is 8lb3.5oz and I couldn't imagine wanting it to be heavier.

A boyds stock would be a good place to start though if you've got the money. There are cheaper options as listed above but with the boyds you're also getting rid of the plastic stock which some claim will reduce felt recoil. (it will also make it heavier, so that would theoretically reduce recoil in two ways).


And look at how much more a plastic stock can flex in action...

 
I bought a kimber mountain ascent and it immediately made everything else in the safe feel like a pig. Now it’s an internal struggle with myself to grab anything else when I go hunting.
 
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