What light weight rifle has been your favorite over the years?

[Kotaman]

In a “production” rifle, it’s tough to beat a Kimber Montana. Mine is .308. In a “custom”, Steve Boswell makes a Ti sub 6 lber. That is first rate. Mine is in .300 wsm.

 

[Kimber7man]

Tikka guy here, I packed a 300wm with a break for years in the mountains, relatively light, but that long barrel defeated the purpose. Compactness is more important to me personally.

My current is a 6 1/2 lb (scoped and loaded) tikka 6.5 swede.

Very nice!
details on scope and hunting load?
thanks!

 

[AK Troutbum]

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I was enthralled with lightweight rifles for quite a while. The only one I have left is as good as they get. A first generation Remington 700Ti in .270 Win that has been tweaked just a little.

Sweet rifle Steve, and that almost looks like it could be Kodiak.

 

[Steve O]

AKTB-yes sir. Good eye. Just under the clouds on Kodiak. My favorite place in this earth.

 

[AK Troutbum]

AKTB-yes sir. Good eye. Just under the clouds on Kodiak. My favorite place in this earth.

That was too easy, the volcanic ash from Novarupta, in the background, gave it away.

 

[Decker9]

Very nice!
details on scope and hunting load?
thanks!

I have Talley light weight lows on it, with a z3 3-9x36. I hand load using 140gr accubonds, and 47gr of reloader 22, I’m not sure on velocity, but it’s very accurate out to my 400 yard limit.
I had the barrel cut to 19 1/2” and fluted, bedded in a wildcat composites stock with a flip flop recoil pad.

 

[16Bore]

Tikka T3 30-06, of course.

 

[Wrench]

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I was enthralled with lightweight rifles for quite a while. The only one I have left is as good as they get. A first generation Remington 700Ti in .270 Win that has been tweaked just a little.

Same here.

 

[roosiebull]

I don't currently one a true light rifle, but have had a few in the past. As corny as it sounds, all of my tikkas were light work horses. I also had a kimber and liked it.

I have turned into a one bolt rifle guy, and stuck with my sako, but at 6.75# empty, it's not a lightweight, but it shoots better than a factory rifle should.

I'm in the market again, and am most likely getting the new savage ultralite... If not it will be the kimber MA.

Hard to go wrong, it's just a personal choice

 

[Dcrafton]

Weatherby mark V ultra light


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[FLS]

Remington 700 Mtn in .270 with the detachable box mag. I bought it in early 2000s.
Remington Model 7 in 308 my wife gave me in 1993.

 

[robtattoo]

By far and away my favorite rifle that isn't my T3x in '06, is my little rem 700 in .358win. I got her under 7lb & she's as handy as a shirt pocket.

 

[Bezamaelee]

I have a Tikka in 270 that I really like. Tikka is a cant-go-wrong kind of rifle in my opinion.

I also have a Model 7 SS I’m 243 that I HIGHLY recommend.

I took a 308 Remington CDL and cut and recrowned the barrel and put it in a Mcmillan Edge stock. Super handy and good to kill almost anything on the continent

 

[VernAK]

I have a Kimber MA in 270 but I no longer tell anyone as those that draw sheep tags want to borrow it.

 

[280ack]

Melvin Forbes NULA models, have a few M20's and a M24. They are very accurate and very easy to carry. He started the low weight trend and very few can do now what he did in the late 70's.

 

[hunting1]

Kimber Montana .308. Had a few Remington Ti G1 and G2 but the Kimber is just right for me.

 

[oenanthe]

Another Kimber fanboi here.

I have a 7mm-08 Montana I've had for ten years, and a .30-06 Subalpine that replaced my old tang-safety Ruger this year.

I don't feel like I need any other rifles. But I might want a 6.5 and a .300.

 

[biking_2003]

The Tikka is an amazingly lightweight rifle that doesn't feel like a lightweight rifle, unlike the Kimbers. My 270wsm T3 with a limbsaver pad, sling, full mag+one chambered, cheek riser foam/stock wrap, Leupold 3-9 vx1, and steel Warne medium rings weighs almost exactly 8 pounds. I really want to hunt with other firearms, but I just can't seem to not take it lol.

 

[Paraiso]

Tikka once again for me. T3X lite in 7RM. It's a perfect hunting rifle for my needs, and terrible on the range. I don't like the recoil. It's fine for about 10 shots, but many more and I'm ready to call it a day. Before I bought it I was debating between the 7RM and the 300WSM. I can't imagine the recoil on a WSM with a gun this light.

Full disclosure: My range rifle is a 20lb 6bra and the recoil is GREAT!

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[jfs82]

Just got my Seekins Havak element in 6.5 prc in to the shop. should be 6lb 14oz with a swfa 3x9, rings and brake. Being my newest and by far lightest rifle, it is now my favorite light weight rifle.