Thread: Super light thinking

Balance accounts for a lot. On the 6.5grendal in the Elude chassis and 12.5” barrel, I used the suppressor as a balance weight, removing and adding baffles till I was happy with it slightly weighted forward which made a massive difference in point ability while not sacrificing much in weight gain. It’s a bit noisy but not overly so and there’s no recoil to speak off. The other factor was my age, as I don’t hold the rifle as steady as I used to. Noticed it first with my 270 Mountain Rifle but had a spare barrelled action so just swapped out the pencil for the standard weight, chopped to 22” and made all the difference. Back to shooting offhand with confidence. Probably could have done the same thing by just adding a suppressor but I preferred this rifle uncluttered.
You’ve got lots of caliber options in the 22’s up to the 6-6.5 range but I second the 22cred choice. There’s a lot of talk about barrel life but realistically, it’s going to be a hunting rifle so can’t see you blowing through several thousand rounds.
Hope you go through with it, you’re no amateur and it’ll be a cool wee build.