Recommendations to lighten my Elk Rifle

[wapitibob]

You can only get so light and still use your preferred accessories.
I shoot off a bipod and use a can as well. I wouldn't go back to shooting off my pack for love or money. And with permanent hearing damage, I'll likely never go back to using a brake. I'll gladly pay the weight penalty for those two items.
I got lighter by spending a bunch of money:
new stock
new barrel
new bipod
new scope
And as mentioned, it would have been way cheaper to just buy a new Tikka, but then I'd have a Tikka.

 

[fuzzymarindave]

1- pound saving. Carbon fiber stock ( I use Peak 44).

0.5 pound saving. Employ a quick release fitting on bipod (I use Hatch bipod) and carry bipod in pack.

Total weight reduction is 1.5 pounds.

 

[DLIP]

Sell rifle, buy tikka.

 

[35WhelenAI]

No point in dropping the bipod if only to replace it with shooting sticks…weight is weight. You are just shifting it around. Unless of course, shooting sticks weigh significantly less.

The op openly says his bipod weighs almost 14 oz, what shooting sticks would remotely weigh that much based on your experience?

My shooting sticks weigh 4 or 5 oz. Pretty hard to justify a bipod that almost weighs 14 oz. That would be a no-brainer for dropping almost well over a half pound without even having to ask.

 

[BreechFace]

How is removing a bipod and storing in a pack effectively reducing weight?

On the rifle, yes. On the person, no.

I guess I look at cutting weight holistically. Getting my rifle down in weight makes it easier to handle off the sling or pack mount which is advantageous, but the goal is to get the overall weight off my feet, hips, knees and shoulders.

So while I cut weight on my rifle, I certainly am cutting weight everywhere else. I limit myself to a minimalist pack so as to really judge and scrutinize what I bring and a bipod is not one of the items on most hunts for me as my pack, a tree or rock with a jacket will suffice.