Hi again,

One should remember that Sako action itself is a bit lighter than most of the usual safari rifle actions such as Mausers and big Rugers. Therefore I wanted a bit more weight to the barrel. I can compensate that with kick-stop if needed.

It is true that nose heaviness will make a rifle more steady but simultaneously it multiplies the mistakes and gives a rifle a will of it's own. I am a competitive sporting clays shooter and I worry quite a lot about gun balance. IMO the rifle should be a tad nose heavy to make it stable, but not too much. Tail heavy is the worst case, obviously. On running shots the nose heaviness is a good thing but if one needs to manouver the gun quickly, the thing is not the same.

I have one good example of perfectly balanced rifle which I made in Zastava Mauser action. It's in .300 H&H and it uses the same principle in barrel contour. It slightly forces the weight of the gun backwards.

When the barreled action comes back from CIP -approval, I will take exact measures from it.