Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

[4090Sharps]

I know the Roam is more expensive but with the issues of getting a superlight lower. 5.4 oz and Magnesium for strength. I am going to try this one eventually. https://www.roamrifles.com/shop/r-15-platform/r-15-lowers/r-15-lower-receiver

Sorry if I asked already, but why Roam over Fostech?

 

[ProRoad]

Until now I did not know about Fostech but here is the $260 Lower in Tungsten color.. https://fostech.com/product/flite-stripped-lower. I think the Roam looks nicer and offers a few colors. I am not affiliated and have not used either product.

 

[Trackselk]

Not sure about the lower, but the roam upper is significantly lighter than the fostech upper

 

[Luke S]

I tried tightening up the barrel nut, I put the scope back on , made sure it was tight and I shot it again.
Handloads with 55 gr soft points were all over the place.
73 gr ELDMs printed a roughly 2 moa group with a smaller cluster and a few "flyers" I did another 5 shot group with what I had left. 4 shots would have been about 1 moa. There was a shot that felt wrong bringing it out to 2 moa again.
I was really working on my dry fires and my technique. I mashed the rifle down onto the rest instead of letting gravity hold it steady like I do with heavier rifles. Definitely seems to help.
My conclusion is I'm probably the limiting factor more then the barrel. The gun seems to be accurate but hard to shoot. I probably won't take super long shots with it. I'll probably take it on a hiking bear hunt this spring with a 2.5-10 scope and a suppressor. After that, I think I'll take the suppressor off and throw a smaller 1-3 Weaver scope or prism site on there and make it a "just in case" rifle to carry when I'm not really hunting but i might see a bear i want to chase.

My wife will be be with me on a moose hunt this year. In the past she carried a 22 Rascal for grouse. I think I'll give her the ULUL rifle. Light handloads for grouse and 77 TMK for bear or moose.