DIY weights on Steyr — Bremer (USA), Mon. Pentathl (Beijing)

ds · Post by ds » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:02 am

Interesting DIY weights stuck (glued?) to bottom of Bremer's LP10 (looks like an LP10?).
Also has an interesting weight that wraps around the cylinder.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... ics_day_:1

j-team · Post by **j-team** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:17 am

Thats an LP1 and the weight that "wraps around the cylinder" is a factory one.

Those on the bottom of the grip are self adesive wheel weights, get them from you local tyre (sorry tire in the US) shop.

ds · Post by ds » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:30 am

Aaah yes, they attach it to the rim when they balance the wheels. Whatever they are, I though it interesting that he added so much weight, and so far back with respect to the centre of gravity and feel (barrel weight is also towards the rear). I would have though this would make his pistol "point too loosely" (not sure how to describe)?

I see Bremer shot 165/200, which I guess could be extrapolated to 495/600 (if that) which is pretty bad... maybe something went wrong, don't know what his usual score is?
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijin ... ?is_medal=

Looking at his personal website (elibremer.com) it seems he normally scores a little higher (if I'm translating the mod. pen. points into a shooting score accurately.. it looks like 520-540).

FR570 · Post by **FR570** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:23 pm

Good catch J-Team. The wheel weights are .25ounces or 7g. And come in s a strip of ten. Another good weight is solder wire. We used to us the solder wrapped abound a barrel over electrical tape. Once we found the best weight and position we would remove the solder and weigh it. Next step if you want is to make a permanent weight which could be sleeved on the barrel. I think you could just leave the solder on if you wanted and cover it with black tape.