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jdajr
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Looking for information to improve my rifles bag tracking and handling. How do you balance your rifles? Weight forward? Heavy in the butt? Where do you place the balance point?
John
John
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I've been thinking about that myself, you would probably have to start with it further back but keeping it from coming of the rest. then go forward about an inch at a time. I think some rifles like more weight in the back, like harmonics there should be a sweet spot. I believe Matt Kline's heavy gun is weighted in the back. Maybe Matt can help, he has probably played with this.
Joe Salt
Joe Salt
Jay Cutright
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I have been told that on a light gun the best balance point is 1" in front of the lugs of the bolt.
I have a rifle set up this way & it shoots very well.
I was also told that it really doesn't matter.
I have another rifle that balances @ 8" in front of the lugs (very muzzle heavy) & it also shoots very well.
If I were to build a new rifle now I think I would go with the balance point 1" in front of the lugs as I think it is more forgiving to changes in shoulder pressure
or free recoiling more & then less in the same group. (AKA: bad shooting.)
I have a rifle set up this way & it shoots very well.
I was also told that it really doesn't matter.
I have another rifle that balances @ 8" in front of the lugs (very muzzle heavy) & it also shoots very well.
If I were to build a new rifle now I think I would go with the balance point 1" in front of the lugs as I think it is more forgiving to changes in shoulder pressure
or free recoiling more & then less in the same group. (AKA: bad shooting.)
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jda sr
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just weighed my barreled action, complete with scope bolt screws
12 lbs& 3 ounces doesn't leave much room for balancing and still make the 17# lite gun weight
12 lbs& 3 ounces doesn't leave much room for balancing and still make the 17# lite gun weight
jghoghunter
Member
My lg is muzzle heavy and shoots very well if you man handle and force it around. If you try and free recoil it, the last time I did it it shot a group at 1k that was 2" wide and 19" tall for 10 shots, man handle it for another group 6" and nice and round. Heavy gun is butt heavy and shoots pretty well.
My conclusion is you have to keep it pretty close to your action screws or it won't track well.
My conclusion is you have to keep it pretty close to your action screws or it won't track well.
just weighed my barreled action, complete with scope bolt screws
12 lbs& 3 ounces doesn't leave much room for balancing and still make the 17# lite gun weight
A Tooley MBR from Macmillan, with a recoil pad added weights about 4 pounds. A recoil pad is weight right where you want it. That would let you add an additional 13 ounes of weight at the butt.
You can get a wood stock & keep the weight to a little over three pounds w/o a pad. With a wood stock, you might need a mill, it is amazing how poorly set up some are. But with the mill, you can also remove a bit weight.
Anyway, you'd be amazed at how much 1 pound of weight in the butt changes the balance. I think you'll be just fine.