For what it's worth: I found way to fill and weight a Tupperware stock. Fill freezer bags with window caulking and shove them into the stock until it's full, I use caulking because it stays soft in the bags and it made the stock very solid also added weight to the stock
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- Thread starter Gryntch
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You can also remove the butt plate and just hold the stock upright in a vise or wedge it between books until it stays that way and use pour in epoxy. Epoxy rated for plastics use can also be used to fill the voids in the forearm.
Have you tried duct seal?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-1-lb-Plug-Duct-Seal-Compound-DS-110/100212441
I use it, I’ve tried the bags to separate the putty from the stock. I’ve also put lead shot in it to increase weight and dampen more vibration. YMMV.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-1-lb-Plug-Duct-Seal-Compound-DS-110/100212441
I use it, I’ve tried the bags to separate the putty from the stock. I’ve also put lead shot in it to increase weight and dampen more vibration. YMMV.
Problem with epoxy it has to be done in layers the caulking you put it in put butt plate on you're done
I did that to a forearm. I bedded pieces of carbon fiber arrows in a mixture of epoxy an 3M glass spherical. Gave it weight, but not to much. It sure stiffened it up though.
The buttstock I used some epoxy/glass and closed cell fire foam. The weight for the buttstock came from the epoxy I used to install the adjustable cheek riser.
I installed an adjustable cheek riser in a McMillan Gamehunter short action stock. It really wasn't too difficult. I started by using the action screw holes to mount that stock to a piece of plywood laid flush to the barrel channel rails. Then I made a 90 degree sled and used the bandsaw to cut the cheek piece off the butt. I was real surprised to learn that the insides of the stock was just foam. I hogged that out and made room for the cheek piece mechanisms. I used pour in epoxy to fill and hold all that stuff together. The cheek piece had a few small bubbles that were visible when it was off the stock so I filled those with Bondo and did some sanding and smoothing and Duracoated it. It turned out just fine and the little bit of extra weight from the epoxy and riser mechanism turned out to be almost perfect but that was just an accident.
