Barrel Weights for Browning (525) GP Sporter

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Not wanting to sound like i am questioning anyone but i have done this for years and on guns that have been subjected to a lot of rain, it has never been a problem and never rusted. when you apply it press it down very hard with a wooden tool, i take a wooden clothes peg apart to give me 2 sections and use that, pay particular attention to the edges. It will be fine, Oh make sure you degrease the application area first.

Just out of interest...have you ever pulled it off and looked?

 

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Yes of course. I frequently change my guns so it always comes off before the sale. Never ever had an issue.

I think if you had them for sometime instead of changing them, you may have change your mind. 

Anyway, it is only a helpful bit of advice that i have offered so that no one gets the shock that i did :wink:

 

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I change them quite regularly but some of these had it on for maybe 2 years, quite enough time to form an opinion. This was only on Miroku's though, Perazzi's may rust like horse shoes! ;-)

This is meant to be helpful for a newbie not a spit against Perazzi , which incidentally is not the gun I was talking about, I was talking about one of my Miroku's. (My Perazzi does not need lead, it is beautifully balanced :wink: )

Leaving Moore K80's comments to me on this aside peeps, .......'you' have to make up your own minds on this depending on how wet 'you' get during a period of time with 'your' gun and whether you find you want to be safe rather than sorry.

I mean, you would never put a wet gun back in a slip or wet gun in a safe.....just saying...!

I will now leave this thread now for the obvious reason as it has now become personal again.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do. xx

 

[mx8]

double sided lead tape for golf clubs is good for adding weight as each piece has it's weight in grms stamped on, it's very flat and pliable. 

 

[Mike Bartlett]

After sorting out my garage yesterday i found my old set of scales with all of the lose weights. 

I have done some testing and to get the balance of my gun back to what it was ie the hinge pin/start of the wood on the forend, i need to add one of the following:

12 oz just in front of the forend

6oz at the muzzle end.

or something in between.

Now it is a light and fast swinging gun and having a big weight at the muzzle end seems to slow it down and make it feel a bit cumbersome. Where is the correct place to add this much weight?

 

[Jonny English]

Moment of inertia I believe is a relative term here, I would think it would want to be in the forend so that it is on your front hand or close too it, you then need less leverage to move that extra weight around. Selotape some on first and have a feel to see which feels or shoots right before you commit to fitting it.

 

[Mike Bartlett]

Moment of inertia I believe is a relative term here, I would think it would want to be in the forend so that it is on your front hand or close too it, you then need less leverage to move that extra weight around. Selotape some on first and have a feel to see which feels or shoots right before you commit to fitting it.

You think like me I tried this today and although you only need half the weight at the muzzles it felt awful. Like swinging a sledge hammer!! The weight at the forend feels much better! I have since spoken to Carl Bloxham about this and he suggests sticking the lead tape down the full length of the barrels because it is light barrels i'm trying to weigh down. He says that this will keep the handling as close as it can be to how it handles now. He also said not to forget the weight of the cartridges and that you only need to get it roughly right, within a couple of ounces. I am going to try the lead first to see how close i can get to the balance point and then purchase the bolt on barrel weight that i need and bolt it just in front of the forend.

 

[BTC3]

I bought an old Miroku the other week and it came with a small package of weights to add between the barrels under the muzzle. Being an older gun, one of the 3 sets of weights is missing, along with one of the screws used to secure them. Looks like a neat setup. I've tinkered with lead weights on tennis racquets for a long time, it's also pretty effective.
I've yet to decide whether I need to use the weights any idea where I might find a replacement screw?

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[Mike Bartlett]

I bought an old Miroku the other week and it came with a small package of weights to add between the barrels under the muzzle. Being an older gun, one of the 3 sets of weights is missing, along with one of the screws used to secure them. Looks like a neat setup. I've tinkered with lead weights on tennis racquets for a long time, it's also pretty effective. I've yet to decide whether I need to use the weights any idea where I might find a replacement screw? 

Lucky boy . Contact a dealer i'm sure they will be able to help. If not then a nut and bolts manufacturer will have something suitable as an alternative.