Adding weight to an F-class stock?

[marchx]

Is it even possible? I am familiar with adding internal/external weights to my mdt chassis but my dima f-open stock is a different animal. I have a rad2a in my buttstock. Have you tried adding weight to a wooden stock? What are the lead-free options here?

 

[ELR LVR]

Is it even possible? I am familiar with adding internal/external weights to my mdt chassis but my dima f-open stock is a different animal. I have a rad2a in my buttstock. Have you tried adding weight to a wooden stock? What are the lead-free options here?

Lead free? Why does it have to be lead free? it's not being exposed to the environment?
other than that, you can use Tungsten
You can get powder, fishing weights, rods etc
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What I have done with wood stocks is:
You can drill the butt
mix lead shot with some epoxy and pour in
make capsules poured into a mold to make it adjustable weighted etc.
Or use tungsten the appropriate diameter of the hole or holes you drilled
Tungsten is nearly twice as dense as lead, pretty much the same S.G. as Gold, so is a good option

 

[WillyTP]

A 1/2” x 3” round carbide tool bar will give you about 5 ounces.

 

[swd]

Tungsten is a very fast way to add weight but it's also quite expensive!

 

[marchx]

a tungsten rod would be the way to go, however I do have my buttstock already half empty due to rad2a inlet. Drilling the forend may be too risky.

 

[ELR LVR]

Tungsten is a very fast way to add weight but it's also quite expensive!

Ebay is your friend for Tungsten - less than $100

Tungsten Alloy Rod | 0.50" dia. x 12" long | 90% Tungsten, 6% Nickel, 4% Copper | eBay

Has a 1/4 inch wide flat entire length. One end is rough cut. The other end is tapered.

www.ebay.com

 

[Big Mc]

Is it even possible? I am familiar with adding internal/external weights to my mdt chassis but my dima f-open stock is a different animal. I have a rad2a in my buttstock. Have you tried adding weight to a wooden stock? What are the lead-free options here?

Look at Dead Mule shotgun weights. Tommy Mc

 

[dannyjbiggs]

I've added C&H Research 'Mercury Recoil Suppressors' to several of my wooden F-Open rifle stocks. Not really so much for any recoil abatement (?), but for their one pound of added weight. Available from Brownells.

Dan

 

[marchx]

I've added C&H Research 'Mercury Recoil Suppressors' to several of my wooden F-Open rifle stocks. Not really so much for any recoil abatement (?), but for their one pound of added weight. Available from Brownells.

Dan

Thanks, but mercury is unsafe to me. I just need simply added weight. The whole drilling will have to be done in buttstock I guess and tungsten rod will have to be glued in somehow. I will figure that out. I would feel better with a chassis but no one produces chassis for single feed actions like bat.

 

[Syncrowave]

I'd use Forstner bit(s) to drill out as large and as many holes as I dared into the buttstock, then fill them with lead. (Personally, I would make mold(s) from wood using the same Forstner bit(s), then pour molten lead into them, then when solidified, I'd split the wood molds to get them out, then put them into the hole(s) in the stock. If you're concerned about having a block of lead next to your face, then coat with epoxy first...)

 

[marchx]

I'd use Forstner bit(s) to drill out as large and as many holes as I dared into the buttstock, then fill them with lead. (Personally, I would make mold(s) from wood using the same Forstner bit(s), then pour molten lead into them, then when solidified, I'd split the wood molds to get them out, then put them into the hole(s) in the stock. If you're concerned about having a block of lead next to your face, then coat with epoxy first...)

I try to avoid lead at all cost. I even switched to lead free hunting bullets. I will have to asses the safe thickness of tungsten rod I will glue in the buttstock. I don’t want my dima stock to break. I will let you know how this works out. Thank you to everyone in this thread for helpful advice and inspiration.

 

[KMW 1954]

Another alternative to lead would be zinc. As used in wheel weights.

 

[1813benny]

Why not contact Dina for some insight and/or recommendations?

 

[muleystalker]

Depending on how much weight a person wants to add, PMA has weight bolt systems ready to ship.

He has a RAD-II Recoils system in the butt already otherwise that would be a good option.

 

[Dan V.]

You could mix steel shot with epoxy.

 

[Dan V.]

I use a chassis made by brux. I don't know if they still make them. It has worked well for me.

 

[marchx]

I use a chassis made by brux. I don't know if they still make them. It has worked well for me.

Here in Europe Mik Maksimovic of dolphin is making chassis but I do not like his chassis. Chassi is modular by nature, so all it takes is to make the mid part ready for bat or borden. So far nobody is doing this because f-class is not selling that much products as prs crowd.

 

[ebb]

Why would you worry about lead in a solid form in your stock when the primers you shoot are lead styphnate? When the primer is fired it turns to gas and we get to breath the gas eventually. Indoor ranges are the worst.

 

[WesG260]

Yeah, lead is toxic. Maybe why the military prefers depleted Uranium.

 

[Syncrowave]

Why would you worry about lead in a solid form in your stock when the primers you shoot are lead styphnate?

Yep, I suspect one would ingest about 10,000 times as much lead after firing one shot using lead styphnate priming compound as one would ingest by using an epoxy-coated lead weight in the buttstock for the next 10,000 years, but that's just me...