Took another 375 H&H in on trade a while back, and after shooting about a box of ammo through it I noticed a faint rattle in the stock. Well the man said his friend put a recoil reducer in the butt. HA Ha it was bored out and filled with 1 1/2 puunds of about #6 shot. I felt like I had been miss lead until I remembered that the balance was good and the recoil was somewhat mild.

So I put it back in and shot it more, hum Not bat other than the faint rattle of Shot in the stock....

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?? I will already say it works some what Just in the weight addition, alone will make some difference. any comments?

Just thought I would share this.. Maddog

I think that if you mix the lead with a filler material of some sort and get rid of the rattle then you will find it the same.
The weight alone will take allot of recoil.

Cheers,

Andr�

I used lead shot to make my 416 heavier. I belive that it is common to use lead to increase the weight of rifles ect.

I did put the lead in epoxy so there is no rattle.

I have done the same in some of my rifle stocks. At first when I filled my synthetic stocks with lead shot ,it was all tight and fine. After I fired a few shots ,it compressed the filler leaving the shot to rattle around ,so I made brass rods to go into the but instead. I will be drilling holes into the front of a spare Brno 602 stock I have and filling the front end with lead shot and epoxying it in place to give a bit more weight up front.

Add some epoxy to the shot to get rid of the rattle.

Try filling the opening with 100% Silicone. It flows in to fill all the gaps and stays pliable. It won't crack and begin to rattle like epoxy might.
Frank

Frank where do you get that?> Maddog

Made by Permatex/Loctite. Called RTV sealant. Get it at NAPA auto parts stores for $3.95 a tube.

Yes that will work. I use silicone from a paint store. Really a very inexpensive solution.
Frank

i filled a hollow synthetic stock with a helium balloon and made it lighter.

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i filled a hollow synthetic stock with a helium balloon and made it lighter

Is there a ratio of the weight of the helium to the amount of pounds you want reduced?

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Originally posted by KSTEPHENS:
i filled a hollow synthetic stock with a helium balloon and made it lighter.

Hydrogen might be cheaper. The problem is the molecules are so small they eventually leak from just about any kind of container. Any other downside?

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Hydrogen....the molecules are so small they eventually leak from just about any kind of container. Any other downside?

Smoking.

trust Canuck to get the last word in! My concern would be overfilling and have the rifle float off when I went to pee at the range.

Rich
DRSS

Idaho, Canuck and I have this thing where I set up the joke and he provides the punch line. But seriously, and to address directly your concern while nature calls (and I'll try to find the link) there are special ultralight rifle anchors for just that situation.

Aside from the jokes, loose pellets would shift at the shot much like the commercial recoil reducers thus absorbing some of the rearward motion. Filling with silicone would eliminate that theoretical benefit. I think the rattling is a real issue - particularly on a stalk.

The other real good reason to bind the shot is that it oxidizes. I have repaired an old SxS or two that was weighted with solid lead and it oxidized so much that it cracked the stock. Mind you the gun was 101 years old but I don't know if the lead was original or not.

I use both solid lead and lead shot. I
always epoxy them in tight so no rattle
and keeps the strength by glueing across
the opening made for the weight.Ed

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Originally posted by Wink:


Hydrogen might be cheaper. The problem is the molecules are so small they eventually leak from just about any kind of container. Any other downside?

Oh, the humanity!


Glenn

there's enough gas in this thread a person wouldn't have to go to a commercial source for it.

in ALL seriousness...

I think the shot has to move to dissipate some of the recoil, you might put it in a longish cloth bag to eliminate some of the noise.

.......Lots of us used to do it ....It works