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A well-balanced gun . . . some make it a big deal, is it?
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Perhaps on a case by case basis per individual. I find that I prefer a well balanced gun when upland bird hunting. A well balanced gun in my estimation comes up quickly and smoothly and allows you to swing the gun smoothly through the target in one quick motion without struggle. I own a Fox A grade 28" 5 lbs 10oz with #4 barrels that matches this description.
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I agree with Tom above. What is well balanced for me at 6'5" tall is not so well balanced for someone much shorter or taller.
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With you being tall Daryl, I would imagine that adding a pad to achieve more length disrupts the balance, eh?
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Wild Skies, really we don't know what balance means. Adding a pad? Maybe "disrupt" is not the correct word, but adding a pad could change the balance in either a positive or negative way. But again, what is balance ?
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To me, a well-balanced shotgun means pivoting on the hinge pin, with the weight equal on either hand. Adding a thick pad might make the gun butt-heavy, might it not?.
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I didn't know what well-balanced was until I held one.
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Mike, it is hard to define, the term "balance". What if a gun has no hinge pin ? Can it ever have good balance ? I think King may be with Tom on the personal , case by case, judgment.
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"Well balanced" is a term that has no single definition to fit everyone, certainly not a mechanical definition. Individually, it means the weight is well distributed to suit the job at hand. I have known upland shooters who really like a very butt heavy gun and others most comfortable a tad heavy forward. And now with the rush for longer barrels the sporting clay bunch really like a gun with a lot of barrel momentum. None of them are in error with their preferences, just different people with different applications.
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Balance is like the definition of pornography, you'll know it when you see it, or in this case, feel it. It will mean nothing to you until you pick up a well-balanced , great-handling gun that fits you. After that experience, nothing else will satisfy.
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