MLKeith

I never said the rifle was heavily inbalanced. I do know my laminated was heavier & better balanced than the synthetic when I held both in the store. If my laminate Omega is a little nose-heavy, then I'm sure the synthetic could use the improvement. Take off the Simms Pad. Hold the Omega with two fingers in front of trigger guard. I prefer my rifles to "somewhat" balance with index/middle fingers put there. Odds are, one six inch 3/8th's bolt with the spray will better balance yours. Because I'm not 100% sure since I don't own the synthetic, it may take two bolts to balance.

Nobody on this forum has complained about a bad Omega balance problem. In order to quiet the loud stock, the pad must be removed. Once the pad gets removed, then it makes sense to kill two birds with one stone & add "nice" balance to the rifle while you got the pad off.

My former Traditions Tracker needed 2 lbs of bolts to balance. The little 22" went from 6 lbs to 8 lbs. It did improve felt recoil a bunch too.