Well I was board Thursday and had some marine tex left over and decided to make the hogue alittle stiffer and add some weight. I bought a piece of 5/8" stainless rood to use in the stock and went at it. I ended up using the foot that was left over to melt the plastic webbing out of the forend of the Hogue (that proves to yeald better results than cutting.) I filled that baby up to the top and let her sit overnight. Now after 5 hours I still wasn't satisfied with the hardness of the marine tex so I went to bed. The next morning i fought and fought with the stock to let the action go. I was getting to the point of thinging that I had bonded it in there for good. Well it finnaly let go and looks great. I've got a few spots that will need a skim coat but not bad for how thick and how much I had to do.
Then came the results. As far as from the grip forward, I'd say its more stiff that any B&C I've held. I made a bigger channel for the bbl to sit in and it take alot of force to move it the 1/8 inch. It also added about 2 pounds to the rifle and it sit alot more stable at the range. I'll get pictures up in a bit.
Just thought this would help some of us on a budget.
This picture show me fitting the stainless rods. Just alittle more work and the fit without at c-clamp
and this one is of the job completed, for now.
Sorry about the bad pictures.
Then came the results. As far as from the grip forward, I'd say its more stiff that any B&C I've held. I made a bigger channel for the bbl to sit in and it take alot of force to move it the 1/8 inch. It also added about 2 pounds to the rifle and it sit alot more stable at the range. I'll get pictures up in a bit.
Just thought this would help some of us on a budget.
This picture show me fitting the stainless rods. Just alittle more work and the fit without at c-clamp
and this one is of the job completed, for now.
Sorry about the bad pictures.
