I have a b14 hmr bergara and I want to add weight to make it more balanced? It has with the original stock.
How to add weight to the Bergara b14 hmr ?
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A heavy steel ARCA rail, such as 360 Precision: Like this one, other SKUs are available to taste
Note that you'll either need to drill/tap the aluminum spine on the HMR, or drill it oversize and use a normal T-Nut install from the barrel channel. I'd go straight to T-Nuts personally. The HMR isn't dead nuts flat under the forearm, but it's close enough.
If that doesn't balance it, you could fill in the voids in the barrel channel with lead shot or epoxy, but if you're shooting suppressed that 360 Precision will balance it no problem.
Note that you'll either need to drill/tap the aluminum spine on the HMR, or drill it oversize and use a normal T-Nut install from the barrel channel. I'd go straight to T-Nuts personally. The HMR isn't dead nuts flat under the forearm, but it's close enough.
If that doesn't balance it, you could fill in the voids in the barrel channel with lead shot or epoxy, but if you're shooting suppressed that 360 Precision will balance it no problem.
Some options:
www.area419.com
Universal Weight-Tunable ARCALOCK Rail
ARCALOCK has been a huge success since its release in July of 2018. As the rails have become more popular, we have also seen the rise in popularity of rifle weight kits. With the introduction of the Manners TCS stock in late 2019, we designed and built an ARCALOCK weight system, and are ready to...
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PRC Gravity Block
This stackable weight system is available with both an M-Lok attachment system or American Defense MFG’s patented QD Picatinny rail mount. Weighing in at 1 pound each, Gravity Blocks are machined from nitrided steel billet. M-Lok Gravity Blocks can be easily added or removed in seconds with a...
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I also have the area 419 weighted rail. I love it. Gives a really good balance to the forend.Some options:
Universal Weight-Tunable ARCALOCK Rail
ARCALOCK has been a huge success since its release in July of 2018. As the rails have become more popular, we have also seen the rise in popularity of rifle weight kits. With the introduction of the Manners TCS stock in late 2019, we designed and built an ARCALOCK weight system, and are ready to...
PRC Gravity Block
This stackable weight system is available with both an M-Lok attachment system or American Defense MFG’s patented QD Picatinny rail mount. Weighing in at 1 pound each, Gravity Blocks are machined from nitrided steel billet. M-Lok Gravity Blocks can be easily added or removed in seconds with a...www.admmfg.com
I have a B14R. Rimfire. Same HMR stock as center-fire but short 18" sendero contour barrel. Super ass heavy especially with a 40 oz optic. No way to pour out a few ounces on the sidewalk for my dead homies.
Steel arca rail was not enough to get it to the balance sweet spot. I ended up buying a 1" x 2" x 6" chunk of brass from Amazon (about 3 lbs), screwing a generic $10 6" long arca clamp to it, and attaching it to the arca rail. It brought the balance point to about 4 inches ahead of the mag.
One extra bonus is that the low-hanging heavy chunk of brass helped balance the rifle in the vertical dimension, lower toward the center line so it wasn't so top heavy. I noticed it was much more stable when running the bolt, keeping the scope from swinging side to side.
One downside was that the brass weight on the far out on the arca rail took the spot where the bipod likes to live. Screwing a 6" arca rail to the bottom of the weight solved that problem, giving the bipod a spot even further out in front of the forend.
Steel arca rail was not enough to get it to the balance sweet spot. I ended up buying a 1" x 2" x 6" chunk of brass from Amazon (about 3 lbs), screwing a generic $10 6" long arca clamp to it, and attaching it to the arca rail. It brought the balance point to about 4 inches ahead of the mag.
One extra bonus is that the low-hanging heavy chunk of brass helped balance the rifle in the vertical dimension, lower toward the center line so it wasn't so top heavy. I noticed it was much more stable when running the bolt, keeping the scope from swinging side to side.
One downside was that the brass weight on the far out on the arca rail took the spot where the bipod likes to live. Screwing a 6" arca rail to the bottom of the weight solved that problem, giving the bipod a spot even further out in front of the forend.
