hyflier Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I had a good look through a Clay shooting magazine today and it pointed at the benefits of a balanced gun. Swiftly working out my shotgun is barrel heavy, I thought I'd make an attempt to change the C of G. I had some scrap lead hanging around so I melted 8oz into a cylindrical ingot, popped some foam rubber into the stock hole and slid the ingot in behind. It's certainly changed the way I mount the gun, It seems to "come up" nicer and the barrels are easier to swing. I suppose the proof will be next Saturday pigeon shooting in the woods. Anyone else tried this and did it work out for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 With half a pound of lead in the stock it should kill some recoil as well, and you may be able to get the second shot off that little bit quicker. Well worth a try Paladin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) Unless the lump of lead is securely fixed in the stock you might find that the recoil is worsened if it's loose. In lead weighted stocks that I've seen done by gunstockers they've either had molten lead poured into a hole drilled into the butt end of the stock, or if the stock is almost hollow then a piece of lead had been screwed and glued into position. Edited February 6, 2012 by PhilR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) I had that done to my Browning 525 - certainly felt lighter in the swing. Problem was, I had to take off the butt plate and repack the foam about every 2-3 weeks, as no matter what foam rubber I used, it would just compact and then the lead would move on firing and boy did it kick me. I eventually took it out and got used to the difference and no more bruised shoulder. Edited February 7, 2012 by Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 i`ve put lead shot in the back of my benelli before now. it was quite cool for the big loads. i just shoot subsonics now so negates the use of recoil pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Thank you for your input, I appreciate your views. I thought long and hard about Paladin's PhilR's and Blokes comments. I took out the foam rubber and replaced it with a nyloil rod I machined down on my lathe, everything fits perfectly and the lead can't move about. Now, lets see what happens I didn't want to make it permanent in case one day I want to sell my gun or trade it in Edited February 7, 2012 by hyflier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 I hope the changes you've now made are successful and the alteration to the balance point works for you. Let us know how you get on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spara Dritto Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Sounds really good! I considered doing this to my SP1 Game gun, I then decided to sell it and buy the new sporter version which had longer barrels that where lighter... Edited February 7, 2012 by Spara Dritto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks PhilR, will do, I hope the pigeons come in lower this week, there was plenty of 'em last week, they were just too high :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike525steel Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Don't know about doing it myself. But hat off to you for trying. But I had the stock lengthened/toe reduced/and re balanced. And it's a different gun Should have had it done the day I bought the gun. Well worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Don't know about doing it myself. But hat off to you for trying. But I had the stock lengthened/toe reduced/and re balanced. And it's a different gun Should have had it done the day I bought the gun. Well worth it yep, i`ve fired a few guns that just were not ballanced at all. it was like waving a fencepost about. my personal preference is short guns 24" ideal for a light game gun, 12-20gauge, even better. i can homeload whatever, so i`m not to concerned about recoil. it doesnt have to be a fitted stock, just alittle longer than the standard beretta ones. in a shop one day, a chap who wanted to buy a 26" wanted to add an extra 4" to the back of his stock, so his gun had the same range as a 30". we corrected him. i didnt think he wad too impressed though. the best stock i`ve ever seen for adjustments was a skelatonised one, it can be adjusted with an allen key, it looks ugly, but its for test guns, that a customer would take the stock mesurements from. it had a weighted unit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastshooter Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 might have to give this ago with my modded 410 as the mod puts alot on weight down the front of the gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyflier Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) I'm impressed, I went out a little scepitcal as to whether this would improve matters, I didn't miss a thing :blink:, the barrels were easier to swing ("lively" I think is the appropriate description) Recoil was not noticably reduced and I had no occasion to use the second barrel today so no comparison to offer there. I hoped that the gun would sit in my shoulder so as to get the second barrel off easily and accurately. There's always next Saturday Edited February 11, 2012 by hyflier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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