Butt Stock Fill

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I have a nice 40X walnut stock. Someone removed the recoil pad ages ago and hogged out a lot of wood to lighten and make weight for a specific weight rule. I'd like to fill that area back up again.

Any suggestions on what to use. Epoxy, poly-filla, glue in another hunk of wood?
 
Do you want it filled to add weight or just to get rid of the hollow sound when it's knocked? Do you have a recoil pad on it now, or are you going to put one on it and need something for the screws to bite into?

If you just want it filled and it's a large void, the best bet is to seal the inside of the stock first and fill it with spray foam insulation almost to the top and then glue in a piece of wood to cap it off.
 
Mudpuppy said:
Do you want it filled to add weight or just to get rid of the hollow sound when it's knocked? Do you have a recoil pad on it now, or are you going to put one on it and need something for the screws to bite into?
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I'd like to restore the original weight for proper balance and yes, the recoil pad is on it, so no problem with attaching it.
 
Personally I would have gone with epoxy putty...low expanding foam doesn't seem like a solid heavy replacement of wood.
 
Epoxy or automotive body filler. Depending on how deep the hole is. You won't need to worry about matching the wood, so any epoxy will do. If you use epoxy, put some masking tape around the butt and fill in the hole.
 
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that low-expanding foam would replace the weight of removed wood. It weighs almost nothing. What I meant was that some of the high-expanding foams, if used to simply fill the void and eliminate the hollow sound, could (and did!) split a wood stock because of the pressure that they can generate.

John
 
canuckhunter said:
I'd like to restore the original weight for proper balance and yes, the recoil pad is on it, so no problem with attaching it.
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Then your best bet would be to glue/epoxy in a block of wood, a piece of walnut or similar density wood will give you close to the original weight/balance the stock had before it was hollowed.

If it is a large void, epoxy and esp body filler may make it too heavy.
 
All those species are heavier, depending on the actual piece of wood. Most Home Depos have poplar which is similar and should prove stable after liberal application of epoxy. Cherry is very similar in weight.
 
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