Let me tell you what I did and what I wish I did
I have a Savage model 10 with accu-stock . I decided to fill the stock to add weight . Now I thought of this all on my own . I mixed up a large amount of bondo and added BB's to it to add extra weight . It worked great for the purpose .
I then bought a adjustable cheek piece to add to the stock . A simple install of just drilling through the stock . The fact it was pretty much solid now should even make it easier . Well it would have and did until the drill bit hit it's first BB . The drill lurched and jumped then hit the next one and jumped and lurched again and again until I was all the way through . So now I'm sitting there with one oblong hole in my stock a little more then 3/8" in diameter my 1/4" drill bit put in the stock . Needless to say I have two holes about the same size in my stock .
Now what I should have used and in fact did/do use in my NM AR
Plumbers putty
First I pushed a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag into the stock . Then added a little putty followed by a few lead fishing weights followed more putty , repeat till full or you have the weight you want . I deep sea fish so I have/had 4 and 5 ounce weights to use . The best things about this method is the putty never gets completely hard because it's pretty much sealed in the bag . You can remove all some or none at will and the putty holds everything in place . In fact you may want to try just plumbers putty first . It actually has a good amount of weight to it .
I have a Savage model 10 with accu-stock . I decided to fill the stock to add weight . Now I thought of this all on my own . I mixed up a large amount of bondo and added BB's to it to add extra weight . It worked great for the purpose .
I then bought a adjustable cheek piece to add to the stock . A simple install of just drilling through the stock . The fact it was pretty much solid now should even make it easier . Well it would have and did until the drill bit hit it's first BB . The drill lurched and jumped then hit the next one and jumped and lurched again and again until I was all the way through . So now I'm sitting there with one oblong hole in my stock a little more then 3/8" in diameter my 1/4" drill bit put in the stock . Needless to say I have two holes about the same size in my stock .
Now what I should have used and in fact did/do use in my NM AR
Plumbers putty
First I pushed a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag into the stock . Then added a little putty followed by a few lead fishing weights followed more putty , repeat till full or you have the weight you want . I deep sea fish so I have/had 4 and 5 ounce weights to use . The best things about this method is the putty never gets completely hard because it's pretty much sealed in the bag . You can remove all some or none at will and the putty holds everything in place . In fact you may want to try just plumbers putty first . It actually has a good amount of weight to it .
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). all in all, pretty happy w. results - but the ultimate test will be on the range nxt time.... thanks for all ur advice!