Thread: How heavy should a hunting rifle be?

Weight is one factor but the other thing to consider is length of rifle, including a suppressor. Dragging long rifles thru scrub & shite bush is not much fun. It gets old real quick. I assume if it’s on older model 3006 then it’s probably a 24in bbl? Add another 4-5 in for suppressor and that’s a big cumbersome unit to drag thru scrub. You could chop barrel back to 20 or 22in, I would not go shorter than 20 myself for long action like 3006. And then a suppressor is a must unless you want to loose your hearing.

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Weight is one factor but the other thing to consider is length of rifle, including a suppressor. Dragging long rifles thru scrub & shite bush is not much fun. It gets old real quick. I assume if it’s on older model 3006 then it’s probably a 24in bbl? Add another 4-5 in for suppressor and that’s a big cumbersome unit to drag thru scrub. You could chop barrel back to 20 or 22in, I would not go shorter than 20 myself for long action like 3006. And then a suppressor is a must unless you want to loose your hearing.

yip a slightly longer barrel is MUCH MUCH easier on your ears than one below 20" said it before....just ask the fellas whos mate has a short shotgun..they dont want to shoot with him for long.