Weatherby Fan
Well-Known Member
I have recently purchased a few rifles a bergara ridge and a terrain and they both are fairly heavy i know that weight is a benefit to shooting but wanted to see what some peoples cut off is for a rifle being to heavy the ridge i own is about 10lbs with scope and the tereain is almost 12.5lbs been looking at possibly replacing these guns for something a bit lighter such as a browning xbolt or tikka wanted peoples thoughts on the subject.
A tikka is a great option in a lightweight factory rifle that wont break the bank.
I have had dozens of lightweight and ultra light weight rifles built, a rifle doesn't have to be 10lbs to 20lbs scoped to be accurate, one of my most consistently accurate rifles is a Kimber Mountain Ascent 84L 270 winchester using factory Barnes 130gr TTSX ammo, weighs 6 lbs 6oz scoped, I won the rifle at WSS of BC convention and I had it bedded, the trigger lightened to 2.5lbs and the mag box freed up, and yes it shoots that good every time I take it to the range but being braked really helps with recoil management and not everyone wants a brake on their hunting rifle.
If you want a lightweight hunting rifle for back pack hunting or if you just walk a lot a scoped rifle 7 to 7.5lb range is ideal as its heavy enough you won't need a brake and the recoil at the bench won't give you a concussion (depending on caliber of course) and still light enough you won't have blisters on your shoulder from the strap !
My latest lightweight build is a Kimber Montana 8400 6.5 PRC, weighs 7lbs 4oz scoped with a Zeiss V4 4-16x44 (22oz) its a pleasure to shoot and carry all day long and I haven't given anything up in the optics department.