Thread: Rifle Weight , What Do You Like ?

Well, this is a great thread. Everyone can be correct and each is certainly the expert on what like themselves.

I never thought my 4.2kg 7mm08 was too heavy till one day I tried putting the suppressor in my pack for the walk out. What a dream ! It was wonderful. Easy to heft and manouver through scrub, lovely to bring up to the eye ...

I'm a firm believer that a light rifle needs a light cartridge. This is partly for mechanical reasons (less stress on the metal ware scope mounts and bedding and less dependence on shooter technique. Try videoing yourself and see how much a 308 pushes your body around, even if subjectively the recoil seems minimal. The relevant part of this movement happens before the bullet reaches the muzzle brake.

So, now I'm working up a 3.5kg 16" barrel grendel. It's very nice to carry and shoots so well on paper but there are some compromises in usability for practical marksmanship and in knockdown power.