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

Originally Posted by Philipo

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

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


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


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That ruger is something else!

Some nice looking rigs. Not too much bling.
Out of interest I weighed mine and was shocked. 3.4kg. I thought it was lighter than that. I guess a vx6 and extra baffles all adds up. If anyone wants to sell their kimber hunter let me know. Can find them anywhere anymore

Originally Posted by Remmodel7

Some nice looking rigs. Not too much bling.
Out of interest I weighed mine and was shocked. 3.4kg. I thought it was lighter than that. I guess a vx6 and extra baffles all adds up. If anyone wants to sell their kimber hunter let me know. Can find them anywhere anymore

Ive got a Kimber Hunter in 257R and with a Zeiss HD5 3-15 on it its not as light as I thought either at 3.4kg (without suppressor or bipod).

Zastava 6.5 Grendel 3.4 kg
Rem 700 6x45 3.5 kg

Originally Posted by Remmodel7

Some nice looking rigs. Not too much bling.
Out of interest I weighed mine and was shocked. 3.4kg. I thought it was lighter than that. I guess a vx6 and extra baffles all adds up. If anyone wants to sell their kimber hunter let me know. Can find them anywhere anymore

Give ballengers h&f chch a call. They got in a few kimber hunter pros in .308 I bought one and I think there's still one left. They may have got in a 280ai also.

Originally Posted by Remmodel7

Some nice looking rigs. Not too much bling.
Out of interest I weighed mine and was shocked. 3.4kg. I thought it was lighter than that. I guess a vx6 and extra baffles all adds up. If anyone wants to sell their kimber hunter let me know. Can find them anywhere anymore

Go see Brad at hamils, I got him to order in my kimber 280ai and he has a 308 on the shelf

Greg at Custom Guns had a Kimber Hunter Pro in stock. Still on his website
https://customguns.co.nz/308-kimber-...-desolve-blak/

My light rifle for bush hunting purchased 1977 has 850 kills here and Australia. Empty 2.62 kg, 44 mag.

Hey nice. Some walnut! Here's some more. Nothing new under the sun, I dont think the forum was going in 1923 when the Mauser was made but I bet the owner then was showing off to all his mates "Haha my new Mauser is 3.1 kgs scoped" As is the CZ 527 in 6.8, with Leupy scope and suppressor, the biggest problem here us deciding which one to take!

Does anyone run one of the Savage Lightweight Storms or Ultralights? Was looking at them recently, and thought I might see one on this thread!

Not under 3 , tad over 3.3 with the suppressor on though

In addition to the Mk5 Wby 284 mentioned in earlier post & pic below


A couple of light 22in barrel set ups
284 Tikka weighing in at 3.2kg with VX6


And Model7 SAUM with Bartlein bbl & VX6 at 3.3kg

Nice 7mm selection @chainsaw

Chainsaw, the stock on your tikka was made by whom?


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