Heavy vs Light Long Range Rifle

[Jay Kyle]

Beautiful country, nice shooting! You should really post those in HD so we can fully enjoy them.

Jay

 

[extreme]

Funny how this works Broz. Most of the time you do go way overboard ,however in this case you are close to being correct. I own 15 Accumarks everything from 257 to
( 3 ) 30/378,s and ( 4 ) 338/378,s . I also own a TRR 338/378 and out of the box weight is 10.25 lbs. Finished weight is 13.4m lbs. which is almost the same as my Savage 110 FCP 338 Lapua at 13 .3 lbs. In 45 + years I have owned 52 Weatherby rifles and MY NEW 300 TERRMARK FROM THE CUSTOM SHOP OUT OF THE BOX WEIGHT IS 7.92 LBS. WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ADVERTISED WEIGHT FROM WEATHERBY. In my opinion the best rifle and strongest action from a semi custom rifle company today.

 

[HARPERC]

NZ LongRanger-That's what its all about. Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 48126]

Jay,
We build lightweight 7mm, 300 and 338FXs (full length Lapua imps) on trued Rem titanium actions with 28" barrels and carbon fiber stocks that come in under 8lb all up including the new March 3-24x52mm scope (23oz).

Holy Crap! Beautiful rifle! And to put in my 2 cents at the OP, your original rig is perfect. If its heavy get in some bicep curls, bench, and squat. That 22lbs will be nothing in no time, and to top it off youll have a beach body and feel better as well! Wildrose knows what I am talking about with lugging around heavy crap. In all seriousness has anyone mentioned the remington 700P or MLR? I THINK those are around 12lbs or so.

 

[WildRose]

Holy Crap! Beautiful rifle! And to put in my 2 cents at the OP, your original rig is perfect. If its heavy get in some bicep curls, bench, and squat. That 22lbs will be nothing in no time, and to top it off youll have a beach body and feel better as well! Wildrose knows what I am talking about with lugging around heavy crap. In all seriousness has anyone mentioned the remington 700P or MLR? I THINK those are around 12lbs or so.

On my last visit to the doc I told him I was going to break out the old PT training manual and put myself through a few months of "Rifle PT".

He laughed and told me, "Great Idea".

 

[JRu]

Still work in progress but here's a walking rifle I'm building (inluding all the barrel work). I just don't walk very far with it.

Weatherby Vanguard chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. 26" x 1.18" straight contour with 18x1mm muzzle thread. 14.5lbs as she sits in the picture.

We don't have mountains over here so it's more like a short hillside hike followed by lots of glassing. Horses for courses and all that. If I really need to walk, I'll whip out the Blaser R8. It's 3" shorter than a turn-bolt action anyway and even with a (fluted) match barrel, feels very maneuverable. Now this one is just for fun.

 

[Jay Kyle]

...And to put in my 2 cents at the OP, your original rig is perfect. If its heavy get in some bicep curls, bench, and squat. That 22lbs will be nothing in no time, and to top it off youll have a beach body and feel better as well! Wildrose knows what I am talking about with lugging around heavy crap...

<Laugh!> There was a time.., I used to load 100lbs sacks of grain from railroad cars into shipping containers, I could swing a 3 ft length of railroad track like it was a hammer.. but then I got older, took an office job, and turned to mush - so you're absolutely right - time reset my priorities - get in shape for hunting!!

..good advise for us all

 

[NZ Longranger]

And a lighter hunting rifle!
You can easily trim 22lb down to 14 to 16b and still have a big, 32" or so barrel, but very shootable and more portable rifle.