To take the bite out of my rifle, I took the back plastic butt stock end off by removing the two Phillips head screws. I then stuffed an old rag down to the bottom of the hollow stock and used a wooden spoon to pack it down there so nothing could get through the stock and work its way to the back of the lock. I then took my vacuum sealing machine I use to seal foods with. I measured out a little over a pound of #4 buck shot and put that into a plastic bag. I then vacuum sealed it. My thinking was, no air, maybe the buckshot will take longer to rust. After that I sealed the first bag into another one. Because it was buckshot I could roll that around and form fit that to the hollow of the stock. After pushing that in place, I added another chunk of old rag and replaced the plastic butt stock end.

This added just a little more weight, but it balanced out the rifle real nice and took the bite out of the rifle when I load it heavy. Since mine is a .54 caliber, I shoot 80 grains of Triple Se7en FFg or Goex Black Powder,a wonder wad and then a moose milk patched roundball. The rifle is real accurate. And using good quality Dynamite Noble 1075 caps it goes off all the time.

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