weight bolt
- Thread starter sciarco
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Ok not sure what your seeing here so I will go off the lines that you mean you took the bumper off and inside the butt was a metal screw with threads in the head that the bumper attached to. If thats the case then yes, that is the weight bolt. Often times the weight bolt is just a regular bolt with a hole tapped into it so a smaller bolt can secure the bumper.
Now if you mean the rubber bumper itself is threaded and screws itself into the hole, look down inside the hole after the bumper is out and you will see one of four things. A metal bolt with a slotted head, a metal bolt with a philips head, a metal bolt with a hex head, or nothing at all. the metal bolts would be the weight bolts.
Now if you unscrew the bumper and it is held in with a wood screw, and there is no hole under the bumper, no the wood screw is not a weight bolt. The weight bolt will usually weight anywhere from 1/2 ounce up to 4 or so ounces. the little wood screw weighs about half a gram and would not be substantial enough weight difference to be of any help.
Hope this helps.
if still stuck take a pic and post it.
JC
Coos Cues
I have a Jack Madden and wondered the same thing so I took it out and had a look to see if I could lose any weight. It wasn't a weight bolt but just a short aluminum bolt that was threaded down the inside. I didn't think much of it so I left it out and threw it in a drawer.
A year later the butt plate fell off cracking the finish.
I would recommend leaving it in. It's structural.
JC
A year later the butt plate fell off cracking the finish.
I would recommend leaving it in. It's structural.
JC