Thread: What's considered "lightweight "

Originally Posted by ebf

@Stocky, here ya go

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Not sure why around 1.5 MOA would "erk" you, unless you are shooting flies ? In my book that is well within minute-of-deer/goat

I like it mate. And I know it doesn't matter realistically but I've got that type of mindset. Plus sounds like youve been shooting long enough you completely trust yourself whereas I want my rifle to do every bit it can to minimise any tolerance stacking. I know it's mostly in my head but I can't help but think it matters when shooting at 500ish if it's needed. I'm not bagging the idea I rate it highly and its something I would probably try if I had your skill and equipment.

I've had a couple of light weight rifles a Forbes.260 very nice to carry and great as a straight out hunting rifle and years ago a Kimber Montana .260 which I hated the safety on.
But I wanted a more of an all-round rifle so I brought a Tikka.260 with a bit more weight fitted with a DPT and VX5 it was around 3.5kg I think, now I have a Sako Finlight 2 in Creedmoor with DPT and VX5 it's just on 4kg so not light but man it shoots. I would love it to be lighter.

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For me around 3.5kg is a sweet spot, not to heavy to lug about and not to light that is dances about when shooting. I can certainly understand the desire for a going under 3kgs for those guys who do long as trips in the back country.

My tikka is like 3.6 kegs with vx5, suppressor and bits. By the time I throw a stock pack on, forward rail for the bipod and a sling carry weight is 4kg, still sweet but I find myself slinging it more often. I would consider this a typical or average weight for a hunting rifle in the modern era.

My kimber hunter is now 2.8kg with a full mag, suppressor and little 6 power vx3. Was like almost 400 grams of sound deadening goop in the stock which I pulled out. That's with my overbarrel can, will be almost 100g lighter again if I run my muzzle forward dpt

Pretty good economical option for a very lightweight gun. Everything was purchased second hand bar the suppressor (which I allready had from the ar). Even factoring the new price of the can the whole thing owes me less than $2k. Bloody good for a proper ultralight rifle still capable out to 400 or so.

Scope choice is equally important if you want a lightweight rig. Easy to add 750g - 1kg with a heavy scope rail and ring setup.

The kimber feels like a toy in hand. Pretty lively recoil though, even being a 6.5 creed shooting 130's. Would be pretty close to the 284 tikka with 162's in terms of felt recoil.

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