Thread: Light weight rifle options

Agreed - x-bolt is too small and light for me with my fingers like sausages. I tried them a few times and they felt like toys to me, with the fit all wrong. That’s just me and I’m sure they fit others better. I have two T3s in .284 Win and .300 WM. Both have Remington style integral lugs and are bedded, and the WM has a Bartlein barrel.

At the price point I feel the quality of the T3 action, trigger and barrel as a combo is hard to beat. Even the stocks, which get a hard time on forums, are good and do not flex as is often claimed. Overall, they are quality, light, and popular for a reason.

And you never hear my Tikka won’t shoot but have heard the Brownings won’t shoot from
numerous circles..

@7RMBoy you haven't mentioned how you plan to shoot your 7m08, whether you reload, and if you are prepared to get a rifle modified.

Short of securing yourself one of Scott Traills SSR masterpieces (I'm forever looking out for these to come up for sale), you can go crazy if you are willing to shoot within 400m, reload, and happy to get something modified.
A Tikka T3, with a carbon stock (STUG if you can get one), barrel cut to 12", and a lightweight optic will probably have you under 5lb.

For all the people who think this is just batshit crazy, a number of the SSR .308's were running 10" barrels, and taking a lot of deer.

@quentin I have had a forum members SSR on my bench with multiple manufacturers faults that needed to be diagnosed and fixed
It's still a work in progress

I was always keen to get my hands on one and see if they lived up to the hype
And it was one of the left handed ones
So doubly keen

I was underwhelmed

Or get OverWhelen'd

Here's a good proven lightweight

Good thread. Getting sick of my lugging my 4.5 kilo rifle around in the bush and now I know which rifles to keep an eye out for when I have saved up enough to splurge. But then again the heavy gun gives my arms a good workout after carrying it around for hours.

The Savage lightweights are a good option too - cheaper and lighter than a T3, accurate, great trigger, 3-stage tang safety etc... not saying T3s aren't good rifles, but whenever I've used one I've been happy to go back to my Savages afterwards.

Just because I'm bored at work. On paper, my T3x Stainless Lite with DPT s/s suppressor and a fairly standard scope comes in at under 3.6kg.

Few options:

1. Howa Alpine



2.Rem Model Seven


3. Cheapest- eat some cement and harden the fuck up.

Originally Posted by caberslash

Few options:

1. Howa Alpine

2.Rem Model Seven

3. Cheapest- eat some cement and harden the fuck up.

It's a shame that Howa doesn't make the Alpine model anymore.
I always wanted to get a light rifle with a hinged floor plate magazine, it seemed ideal.

Originally Posted by Synthetic

It's a shame that Howa doesn't make the Alpine model anymore.
I always wanted to get a light rifle with a hinged floor plate magazine, it seemed ideal.

Did a bit of research before getting mine, Howa/Legacy Sports International (US Importer) and Randy Newberg did a deal with Mark Bansner of High Tech Stocks to supply them with stocks, and bolted in a Cerakoted lightweight action (slabbed from the factory) and barrel. Quality items, they are a fiberglass stock with pillars installed from the factory.

The pattern is still available as their 'Sheep Hunter' stock: https://www.bansnerandcompany.com/ba...-rifle-stocks/ but they don't inlet for Howa's anymore. Supposedly supply of the stocks were a problem yet the premium paid for the Alpine version made it a bit of a slow seller according to US sites. Obviously the Gunbroker price spiked once they stopped making them, especially for the 6.5 NeedMore ones.

Paid £500 for mine with an Aimsport Moderator, so I think I got a good deal.

My 7mm-08 Rem Model 7 Stainless (older, 3 hole receiver from the late 90's) is arguably even more of an ultralight rifle, especially since the former owner had it chopped to 16"

In fact, the McMillan KS it sits in is worth quite a bit if you believe the US forums. It's quite a nice stock, very light, stiff, bedded in some way but no pillars. Had to bin the factory trigger for a TriggerTech and put a 20MOA EGW rail on, but that's it. Could not believe the shop sold it to me for £400... seems that mountain rifles are not valued in the UK, says it all really!

Here's the answer fella's. If you're guns too heavy, shoot a lighter deer...... eh! ....yeah...... I know..........

Brownings A Bolt 18"barrel.
KH

After reading this over the past few days I've decided to go and get a tikka strata.


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