What's the best way to increase the weight in a rifle?

I am a long time competition shooter. Heavy guns have always been a way of life for me.

Some of the most inventive ways to make a rifle heavier are seen in rifle silhouette shooting. People will do all sorts of things to bring their standard grade rifle to it 10lb max weight.

My personal favorite is to simply take thick 1/4" pipe solder available at any plumbing store and wrap it around the barrel. This gives a very heavy faux bull barrel!! You should cover it with tape or heat shrink tubing to kept it from unwinding - this will also keep it in place during firing and prevent it from rubbing on the barrel and ruining the finish.

Do not modify your original stock. Never do this. Instead, buy a second hand used stock. Next, drill 1/2, 3/4 or even 1" holes in areas you want more weight from the inside or at the butt pad to hold lead slugs. You make the lead slugs by taking a short piece of 1/2, 3/4, or 1" steel pipe - cut some pipe solder and drop it in - then pound it flat with a hammer and piece of solid metal. When you push the lead out you get nice perfect round slugs. These can be easily dropped into the hole, and, are easy to cut to the exact weight you want.

Next - go buy a centerfire suppressor. A 223 can also works on 22lr, 22 Hornet, 17HMR, 22-250 etc etc. The additional 28 ounces on the muzzle makes a nice weight. Standard 22lr cans are only 8oz and not very heavy.

Hope this helps

Drilling and the stock is usually for recoil reduction. Biggest problem with just adding weight back there as far as what you're after, is that it throws the balance of the gun all out of whack. Having a bunch of weight back by your shoulder won't do anything for having a light barrel which is where you want the counterweight.

A composite stock will generally weigh more than old military wood and put some of that weight out where you want it. Beyond that you could attach a bipod to your front swivel stud. It will add more weight while shooting off hand and give a good platform for sitting and prone as well.

the boss system was all the rage in the 1990's & was offered as an option by most rifle manufacturers. since it was at the end of the barrel, most if not all of them Incorporated a muzzle brake but some (savage comes to mind) had the option of closing off the brake vents. according to all the gun writers that tried them they actually worked as advertised to improve the accuracy of any specific load if you had an unlimited amount of ammo to find the best setting, which is pretty surprising since they have less than 1/2 inch of travel. naturally if you change the bullet weight or powder charge you have to start all over again & find the sweet spot for that load, but their calibrated so you can mark the best setting for each load. I never tried one myself as at that time I spent all my spare time experimenting with various moly coatings. like many shooters most of my rifles are more accurate than I am anyway so a 15% or 20% improvement in accuracy due to a gadget on the end of the barrel would be very difficult to confirm when shooting only 2 or 3 boxes of ammo at a session.

I'm not familiar with your rifle but i know that you can replace the stock with a heavier wood one, if its already wood you can get a dencer wood. Also a bigger magazine will increase the weight. A high carbon steel barrel is also heavier than the new alloys. You also get wood covers for a barrel, and a scope ads alot of weight to the gun. All of these things will cost you alot, if you want to do it cheaply just make something heavy to add to the rifle, it wont look pretty but it might work and it will be cheaper.

I had a buddy with this problem as strange as it sounds. He was a big guy and the gun would shake to much from his breath/heart. He added two 5 pound ankle weights. One to the butt, one just forward of the action around the heat shield. The ankle weights were velcro with some type of rubber grip to keep them from slipping. Worked for him and, they're reasonably cheap. He got his at dick's. I think six bucks a piece. good luck

hollow out some of the stock, put lead bars in it.

get a bull barrel in 7.62x54mmR and have a gunsmith attach it to the existing receiver.

stick a heavy scope on it. most scopes are 1.2 LBs or so, amazing how much a difference that can make.

and add a muzzle brake. every ounce counts.

I would try drilling some holes and filling them with lead. They make mercury compensator to cut down on recoil but I don't think it's worth the difference in cost for your purposes.

I would do it behind the but pad and into the the pistol grip if it has one.