My AR is too heavy. :(

[CouchPotatoGun]

Have a 16" barreled AR and the thing just seems heavy to me. What can I do to get the weight down?

 

[Shadowbandd]

Barrel contour, BCG, buffer weights and furniture would be a good place to start.

 

[hoooogan]

Get yourself a kitchen scale before you start buying stuff without knowing what weighs what.

 

[PopNFresh]

Barrel contour, BCG, buffer weights and furniture would be a good place to start.

this plus optic/mount, short of drilling holes not too much else you can shave off

 

[alexnelon]

By the time you replace all the heavy pieces with light pieces you'll have a whole new gun.

 

[PopNFresh]

or two guns

 

[Steve300xcw]

zero details on your rifle other than its a 16" barrel, and want to know how to make it lighter?

 

[Blake C]

Take an honest look at yourself naked.
Chances are your PT is lacking

 

[4090Sharps]

You'll find a lot of ideas in this thread:

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Thread 'Ultralight Ultralight Rifles'

Oct 9, 2023

I posted some info on the 77TMK thread about my experience on trying out the 77TMK on this black bear. There was some interest in the rifle used so I'm posting some info about the whys and hows on some of what I've put together over the last year or so.



I've been carrying lightweight bolt rifles around the mountains for a long time and have thought about how to make the lightest rifle I could, just to see what's possible, if nothing else. The lightest bolt rifle I've had was a 4# 9oz 308. That was pretty costly and there didn't seem to be a way to get much lighter without a...

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