Not much of a poster here, more of a poser, I mean, watcher/reader/learner. I'm happy to avoid all the debates: carbon vs steel, folding vs. rigid, what the pros use vs. what actually works, chassis vs. traditional, 20" vs 26", suppressor vs brake vs nothing, etc. So feel free to
not light me up over my choices.
BUT for the sake of it I thought it was coincidental that OP was looking at something quite like what I just built. Tikka LA, HNT 26 folder, CarbonSix 18", 6.5 PRC, Gunwerx 6IX, Steiner T6Xi. It's 10lbs 13.7 oz fully dressed, could shave 5oz by doing a modified Magpul magazine (there's a poster here who cut one to fit the Tikka LA inlet) and another 6 oz with a Ti suppressor. It started life as a Tikka T3x Superlight in the Alpine Veil color, then I got ideas.
Don't ask me the cost, I don't math and I'm trying to forget. Cheers to Black Canyon Customs & Fritz for the barrel swap.
Zeroed but not load developed yet. Looking at Hammer Hunter 124gr, should be quick ish I hope.
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