Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

[goalie]

No worries, was that with the tube or the bare plastic part?

With the buffer tube I have linked above. I think the actual part you buy is less than an ounce IIRC

 

[gtriple]

No worries, was that with the tube or the bare plastic part?

Bare with bolt is 1.8oz

 

[Taudisio]

For those looking at a PA prism….

 

[Trackselk]

Fun discussion about how light is too light anyone?
Been thinking that a logical progression for my UUUUUL obsession would be one of these 5oz (microprisms?) Or whatever they're called. But, then I realized that I'm reaching the point where recoil might be significant? Then again, I came from a 5-5.5lb not-suppressed .308 that had brutal recoil, and it didn't bother me, so I'm not recoil sensitive despite not loving it. Would like to hear what you guys think about this regarding:
[will be suppressed (8oz scythe-ti) .223, so much less recoil than I used to deal with (luckily I never developed a flinch). Also, I'd only lose 4.5oz over the leupold, unless the mounts affect this equation?

1.-recoil discomfort
2.-375 yard accuracy affected by the increased recoil of 4.5 more ounces removed
3.-any other reasons to stick with my field proven Leupold ultralights or not (I don't really want to rely on batteries/electronics that could fail or another battery to monitor). But, another quarter pound + of weight loss is very tempting!
4. Are the 5x micros capable of 1moa groups at 375 yards?
5. Now that I wrote all of this down I guess I'll still be heavier that many of you since I'm running a suppressor, crap. Well, fun discussion and always something to learn anyhow...

Lastly, I'm not worried about the inherent instability of these platforms because even my 5lb .308 was terrible to shoot offhand, too light...