Thread: Rifle weightloss : best bang for your buck ?

You wont loose 500 grams off a barrel that easily especially a standard sporter barrel, maybe 100-200 grams max. As said above, a lighter stocks and rings, and the correct size scope for the type of hunting. I have a fully fluted barrel, bolt , rings etc etc on my tikka and weighs in at 3.4kg with bolt and full mag. Loose the suppressor!

best thing to do is start with a kimber, they are designed to be light from the factory. and they are silly light,
something designed to be a horse will never be as light as a deer
dont forget that light means it will kick harder.

Ultralight pack is a great idea, and is where im putting my energy now
Mountain UltraLight: Moroccan Delight - Dehydrated Super Food

someone else pointed this out a while back and there is huge gains to be made just by better choices that wont cost you 2k+

Originally Posted by scoped

Loose the suppressor!

WHAAAT? I cant hear you over the ringing in my ear

Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting

Originally Posted by scoped

Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting

+1 usually don't even hear it consciously.

[QUOTE=scoped;182949]Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting[/QUOTE

Everything I shoot & own is suppressed! After many years of shooting un suppressed guns my hearing has started to suffer. As they say "young, dumb & full of..." I'd rather pull the trigger than possibly put on some hearing protection & miss the opportunity of missing out on some venison. No doubt all the permanent damage was done then & now I'm very careful not to make it any worse. I'm not trying to be rude but it's ignorant to think that's its ok to damage your hearing for the sake of carrying a little extra weight in the form of a suppressor. Each to their own but have a careful think please before you do permanent damage to your hearing.

Young dumb and full of what?

I would say maybe 2-3 times in a year my ears are exposed to a gunshot without hearing protection, and its not often enough for me to worry about personally, and when im the shooter I don't tend to realize it, much like felt recoil. I do own suppressors on a few of my rifles but that comes down to personal choice and what rifle does which job.

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Originally Posted by scoped

Ive never had a problem with unsuppressed guns while hunting[/QUOTE

Everything I shoot & own is suppressed! After many years of shooting un suppressed guns my hearing has started to suffer. As they say "young, dumb & full of..." I'd rather pull the trigger than possibly put on some hearing protection & miss the opportunity of missing out on some venison. No doubt all the permanent damage was done then & now I'm very careful not to make it any worse. I'm not trying to be rude but it's ignorant to think that's its ok to damage your hearing for the sake of carrying a little extra weight in the form of a suppressor. Each to their own but have a careful think please before you do permanent damage to your hearing.

Too each his own...I take it that you always hunt alone or with hunters with suppressed rifles...it's not the weight I would have issues with, but the extra length and the balance of the rifle. The number of shots fired by the average hunter in the wild per year would be minimal IMO...of course if you are going to have a yippee or are sighting in, then by all means put the hearing protection in or on.

Shot suppressed bush pig. Long barrel unsuppressed long range rig. Have time for muffs with long open country shots.

Originally Posted by stug

Most of the time a carbon stock will save half a pound over a factory plastic stock, and a bit more over a wooden stock. Sometimes you can save a pound, but not often.

Fluting my Model 7 & SAUM barrel saved 5 oz,
fluting bolt saved 0.8oz,
lightweight firing pin saved 1.8oz.

taking a dump before hitting the hill saves ~7oz

Originally Posted by SIKAHUNTER

taking a dump before hitting the hill saves ~7oz

7oz?...are you sure about that...feels a hell of a lot more than that...and an extra notch tightened of the belt afterwards.

I thought I was being generous and built in the' Bush Poo' factor. Apparently the average bloke only dumps 4.3oz - the sample group obviously didn't include Bush Poo's.

Sent from my LT25i

Originally Posted by bully

if the likes of a standard tikka t3 lite has you worried about weight. how will you ever carry out your kill.

easy, just shoot mini deer....


Tikka M65, ain't nothing lightweight in that sucker

Jeez, any smaller and you'd call it a rabbit