rifle balance

"Balance" is such a subjective thing, so you have to take a more scientific approach:

So, are we talking about the balance of a firearm before we pick it up? If so, then you can apply some hard rules and criteria by which to measure and compare by.

But everyone is built differently, so when YOU pick up a gun, it's going to feel way different than when I pick up the same gun.

Then you need to define what the average person's dimensions are, and use that as the basis for measuring a firearm's balance.

That's why they make so many. Viva la difference!
 
im usually a lot more accurate with a short barreled rifle or carbine.
as for full-sized rifles: interestingly enough i just swapped a factory SPS stock with a Sendero stock on a Remmy 700 and instantly i was able to hold it rock steady offhand - perhaps a combination of the different stock geometry and heavier weight?

same goes for laminate stocked rifles - im usually more accurate offhand with them than with the ultralight synthetic stocks. theyre definitely not butt-heavy, but the weight seems much better distributed.

i couldnt hit a blue whale with a 26" heavy-barreled varmint rifle offhand, much less a groundhog.
 
i've even seen different guns of the same make , model, and caliber balance differently, - not by much, but upon hefting, you can tell the difference- maybe the wood in the stock is slightly denser, or the barrel is just so slightly heavier- i don't buy a rifle until i've hefted it- even in my m14( as in plural) there's a weight ( whether real or percieved) difference between the springfield,h&r. and the trw- and the norc is in a world of it's own as far as weight and feel is concerned- heavy AND clunky
 
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