foam injected stocks

[ratherbefishin]

I have a nice marlin 795-the only criticism might be the ''hollow'' synthetic stock-has anybody tried drilling a hole and poured in expanding foam?Is there any reason this wouldn't work-except putting in too much and distorting it?What about those areosol cans for filling cracks with expanding foam?

 

[heavyBullet]

Is there not a butt plate you could take off, giving you access to an already existing hole ???

 

[ratherbefishin]

sometimes they're molded in,but if you could use the aerosol bottles with an application plastic tube, a 1/8 '' hole should work

 

[22lr]

not foam but on one rifle I filled it with polyester resin and made shafts for inserting ballast cylinders. Hollow stocks usually open at the butt side, just remove pad and go at it. You can also use plumber putty if you want to add some weight, I heard some people even used shot mixed into plumber's putty mix. Can't quite get why foam? It will not change the outside appearance or balance.

 

[ratherbefishin]

I;m not after weight-but making it more solid feeling,right now it feels exactly like it is-hollow