Thread: Show me your lightweight rifle

Originally Posted by Ground Control

It’s interesting to read through the posts here and see what everyone is running for a Lightweight rig .
I went down the Lightweight road a while back and now find for my application’s I actually prefer a slightly heavier Rifle.
To accurately shoot a Lightweight Rifle takes soon doing , the increased recoil and losing sight of the target as the shot is triggered became a problem for me .
I do have to say that I’m not climbing huge mountains and carrying everything on my back for days , so I happily accept a Rifle that weighs a bit more for the benefits of better shoot ability.
My Tikka 6.5x55 in a Hi-Tec stock is the lightest I can comfortably put up with and even then I often think about how it might be better with another 500g -1000g of extra weight.

Yup 100%, real light weigh rifles are great to carry but yes there is a technique to shooting them & they will never be as accurate as their heavier brothers. Most LW's I've had have been short action bush guns so long range accuracy was not an issue.

TIM my Weatherby in 30-06 Terminator Improved was just over 3kg & was close to a 300WM in power, he could be a handful to shoot but luckily his T1 break helped out, but after fucking my collar bone / shooting shoulder I'd probably find him a little jumpy nowadays.

Here's a few of my favs



Tim





13" 7-08 Kimber & a beauty 44mag Ruger ( fuk me I hope this piece of art never went in that stupid crusher )






Another 44mag, 12" barrel, this was such a great little scrub gun, another I should of never sold