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chuckslayer
Guest
At what area [location] on the rifle is the balance point?
And also what is the best method to balance the rifle?
And also what is the best method to balance the rifle?
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Bill Ohio
Guest
Are you gonna use the rifle as an aid to walk across a tightrope, or do you want to actually shoot the thing?
The balance point, as you term it, depends on the weight and length of the stock, and the weight and length of the barrel.
Boyd Allen
Active member
When shooting from the bench, balance point is mostly an issue when shooting free recoil. This style is generally not suitable for factory stocks. What stock...what kind of shooting?
Stephen Perry
New member
Balance Point
For any rifle locating the balance point can be done by balancing the rifle on the knuckle of your index finger usually just ahead of the trigger guard. You could do the same thing by placing a 1' square piece of wood on a table lay the gun on the wood and slide it one way or the other until the rifle looks level.
Balancing a rifle should be left to a smith unless you do your own work. For a muzzle heavy rifle first decide can you live with it. If not there are several fixes. One way is to shorten the barrel if that is not an option then weight has to added to either the rear of the stock behind the butt pad or inside the magazine area. If the gun is butt heavy leave it alone. Most anything done to a gun is going to cost good money if done by a smith. If you have a factory Remington BDL I would say leave it alone. If it is a BDL varmint barrel, and you are shooting off a rest, set the rest and bag set up to take advantage of the max length of the stock.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
For any rifle locating the balance point can be done by balancing the rifle on the knuckle of your index finger usually just ahead of the trigger guard. You could do the same thing by placing a 1' square piece of wood on a table lay the gun on the wood and slide it one way or the other until the rifle looks level.
Balancing a rifle should be left to a smith unless you do your own work. For a muzzle heavy rifle first decide can you live with it. If not there are several fixes. One way is to shorten the barrel if that is not an option then weight has to added to either the rear of the stock behind the butt pad or inside the magazine area. If the gun is butt heavy leave it alone. Most anything done to a gun is going to cost good money if done by a smith. If you have a factory Remington BDL I would say leave it alone. If it is a BDL varmint barrel, and you are shooting off a rest, set the rest and bag set up to take advantage of the max length of the stock.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
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buffalobob
Guest
A one inch diameter bar of lead about 4 inches long will weigh about a pound.
Get your calipers and measure the width of the stock at several places
Go and find you some lead, an old skillet, a camp stove,some one inch ID aluminum or other metal tubing, and a brick. The inside diameter of the tubing has to be less than the width of the stock with some safety margin depending on how prone you are to screw things up.
Melt the lead down and pour into the the tubing and throw into the snow bank to cool.
Go into the garage and get your drill and put in a bit that is exactly the inside diameter of the tubing.
Put the stock in a vise of some kind and drill a hole or two. If you screw up and drill to the outside of the stock then grab up the brick and use it on your head a few times.
Cut the tubing into lengths that will fit into the holes and remove the tubing from the lead.
Using a yellow handle hammer pound the tubing into the holes. Other colored handles will cause the stock to split and then you will need to apply the brick again.
Once you have the lead in the stock go and get you a lag bolt and find a drill bit that matches it. Drill into the lead so you can anytime you wish put in the lag bolt and pull out the lead.
Put the recoil pad back on.
Vacuum up the floor before your wife gets home and use some Oxyclean to get up the blood that dripped from your head after you used the brick. Put some antibiotic on your head and a good bandage.
There are ways to calculate how much lead you need but it is somewhat beyond the needs of this thread.
Get your calipers and measure the width of the stock at several places
Go and find you some lead, an old skillet, a camp stove,some one inch ID aluminum or other metal tubing, and a brick. The inside diameter of the tubing has to be less than the width of the stock with some safety margin depending on how prone you are to screw things up.
Melt the lead down and pour into the the tubing and throw into the snow bank to cool.
Go into the garage and get your drill and put in a bit that is exactly the inside diameter of the tubing.
Put the stock in a vise of some kind and drill a hole or two. If you screw up and drill to the outside of the stock then grab up the brick and use it on your head a few times.
Cut the tubing into lengths that will fit into the holes and remove the tubing from the lead.
Using a yellow handle hammer pound the tubing into the holes. Other colored handles will cause the stock to split and then you will need to apply the brick again.
Once you have the lead in the stock go and get you a lag bolt and find a drill bit that matches it. Drill into the lead so you can anytime you wish put in the lag bolt and pull out the lead.
Put the recoil pad back on.
Vacuum up the floor before your wife gets home and use some Oxyclean to get up the blood that dripped from your head after you used the brick. Put some antibiotic on your head and a good bandage.
There are ways to calculate how much lead you need but it is somewhat beyond the needs of this thread.