Quietening down an ABS Jackal stock.
I know there are a few Jackal owners on here, namely Pad E, Gareth W-B, that young ruffian DaveUK and no doubt others who have owned these enigmatic and presently (2008) less than Polictically Correct old classics in the past. I owned a highpower back in the early to mid 80's and found it very noisy due in part to the hollow ABS stock resonating during the firing cycle, acting almost like a drum due to its hollow casting/injection moulding. This it seems was an easy fix back then and from advice given by a fellow Jackal owner, I took the butt plate off and filled the cavity with expanding foam or something of that nature back then. This did make some difference, but didn't alter the balance being extremely lightweight, but was a bit permanent. Now due to the classic/period nature of these old rifles a tad too permanent.
I was wondering if any present/ex Jackal owners tried the same type of remedy back then. I was going to cut and shape some polystyrene packing and try this as it will be easy to remove if desired at a later date and will hopefully accomplish a similar purpose to the expanding foam due to its similar properties.
This was obviouly not a problem with the wooden stocked actions like the Mistral/Camargue. Just a little, some may say unnecessary tweak, but worth it IMHO .
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