Synthetic Stocks and Filling
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I'm interested about filling synthetic stocks as well. Why do it and with what? (I have heard people using low expansion poly foam-the stuff you use for seal7n door and window frames).
Done it in the past, before I foresook (sp?) dino-excrement stocks.
One I just filled the butt with the low-expanding big-gap filler & one I cut slices of blue closed-cell foam insulation & then spray-foamed the gaps.
Either will cut down on the noise factor, but if I remember correctly, the blue foam was better (quieter?) than the other.
If you're doing it on a Tupperware stock fore-end, I'd use epoxy stiffened by redi-rod in the fore-arm, in order to provide stiffness, especially if you are going to use a bipod/rest.
If you do that, though, you're going to have to (well, you really do not have to, if you don't mind an out-of-balance shovel handle) experiment with weighting/balancing the stock.
One I just filled the butt with the low-expanding big-gap filler & one I cut slices of blue closed-cell foam insulation & then spray-foamed the gaps.
Either will cut down on the noise factor, but if I remember correctly, the blue foam was better (quieter?) than the other.
If you're doing it on a Tupperware stock fore-end, I'd use epoxy stiffened by redi-rod in the fore-arm, in order to provide stiffness, especially if you are going to use a bipod/rest.
If you do that, though, you're going to have to (well, you really do not have to, if you don't mind an out-of-balance shovel handle) experiment with weighting/balancing the stock.
I saw a video on youtube of a guy pouring a very wet mix of what I'm guessing was probably hydraulic cement. He wanted to add weight to his rifle, he filled all the voids in the whole stock thing must have weighed about an extra 4-5 pounds.
What did you use to mate the channel to the forend? Epoxy? Would that come loose under repeated recoil?
Routed out the cross braces to allow 1/4" aluminum channel to fit then Devcon used to fill the holes.
This was done one a Remington 700 for a 243 Winchester.
Proof it works . . .
I was thinking something like this. Something that is light, not really looking to add much weight, just trying to get rid of that hollow space and cut down the noise. Any idea what the blue foam stuff is called
I have used expanding spray foam insulation and lead BB shot in synthetic buttstocks... spray a little foam in the stock, let it set just a bit and then sprinkle in some lead shot, then do another layer, and then another and another until it is full... this add weight and gives better resonance... if you need to get at a stock bolt the shot is soft enough to be drilled out... Not an issue with one piece stocks.
