What’s your rifle weigh?

[AKMoose]

Bone stock Tikka superlite in 300wsm came in at 6lb 0.8oz.

Planning on a wildcat composites stock which should shave around 8oz.

Add Talley rings and Leupold vx3 4.5-14x40 (~16oz together).

So around 6lb 8oz empty - not bad.

 

[aorams]

Sako Finnlight 1 .308
Optilock ringmounts
Swarovski Z3 4-12x50

6lbs 14oz

Here's a 5 shot group (100 yards) with Nosler Trophy Grade 165 gr. Accubond Factory Ammo

 

[Muppence]

Kimber hunter 84m 308
Talley one piece lows
Leupold VX-R 2-7 firedot
Homemade sling
With 3 rounds loaded with 180gr Woodleigh PP

6lbs 10oz

 

[SkunkCabbage]

Luke your 6.5cm/338-06 is a wicked combo

 

[Kenai_dtracker]

Browning A-bolt in 300 WSM as it is carried with 4 rounds, Leo VX5 and sling just under 8 1/2 lbs.

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I love my Abolt in 300wsm! A touch heavier than the light weight rifles but the balance is great, and my only semi regret is that I didn’t go with synthetic.

 

[snowcamoman]

300 RCM with Swaro Z5 currently weighs in at an ounce under 6lbs. I could shed more weight with a smaller scope, but this is how it sits currently.

 

[badshot]

Ruger american predator in 6.5cm wearing a leupold 3x9. A hair under 8lbs but she looks and feels good to me.

 

[duckhunter175]

Put my .257wby fast twist on a diet! Swapping the DBM M5 for a Hawkins M5 Oberndorf, lightweight brake. Dropped the rail and rings for a set of Hawkins Lightweight, when and if I swap out the Razor AMG 6-24 I will save another 7 ounces and get down below 8.5lbs.

Have a bunch of parts at Alamo Precision right now for my light, 'around the world' build-- 338RUM, planning to run 236 Hammer Hunters for most game and then 282 Sledges for anything big/toothy

Borden Ti Timberline- 22oz
Proof Sendero 1-9.4, 24"- 48oz chambered
Manners EH4 (2 flush cups, 2 studs, 4 slot rail)- 30oz
March 3-24x42 FFP w/ Holland Level- 21.7oz
Murphy Ti Rail- 2.7oz
TPS Super-Low Rings- 3.4oz
TT Special Flat- 1.8oz
BDL bottom metal- 5.6oz
Ryan Pierce Ti 'Muscle Brake'- 3oz

8lbs 10.2oz

 

[rootacres]

Been looking at ways to lighten my load. My current rifle is a rem 700 sendero in 300wm, weighing in at about 12lbs unloaded. Tossing around the idea of a new rifle, mainly only considering a tikka or savage in their respective lightweight models. But if there are other options under $1k I’m all ears.

My brother has a CA Mesa, never threw it on a scale but its not bad when paired with the right scope/ring combo. My CA Ridgeline (300 WSM) with DNZ rings, Vortex Razor HD LHT (19.1oz), HS Precision stock is 8.3lbs. If I had a lighter stock that 7.5lb range would be easy to get to. I think that's a pretty good weight for a magnum rifle.

 

[jfs82]

Seekins Element 6.5 prc 21 inch barrel. Seekins low rings, brake, swfa 3x9 (wanted the reliability more than ultralight. 7lb even 5lb 5.5oz bare. I would consider for particular hunts putting and swfa or maven ultralight on it and getting to 6.5 all up.

 

[WyoBC_99]

Wow a 12-pound rifle in big mountain country seems way heavy in my humble opinion. Maybe I'm a weight weenie ... My old-school dead simple Rem700 comes in under 9 pounds with Leupold VX3 and ammo, as carried. That's a compromise between the joy to carry and the joy to shoot.

 

[C Bow]

Kimber Adirondack 308 4.5 x 14 x 40

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Kimber Montana 308, talley lightweight low tings, swarovski z3 3-9. Titanium bolt handle and soon I’ll get the. Steel chopped back to 19”.

right now it weighs 5lb 12.9oz

 

[TheBrianM]

Sako A7 in .308 with a Swarovski Z3 3-10x in Talley lows, 7lb 10oz

 

[SkunkCabbage]

Just had my MPI microlight mountain compact fitted to my 6.5 Adirondack.
4.48lb with a Ti bolt handle
5.42lb with low talleys, swaro Z3 3-10x42 and a vortex level bubble.

Blank: 14.43oz
Hastings pad: 1.98oz
Swivel studs: 0.46oz
Total before work: 16.86oz

Stock with 14” of pull, sling swivels, Hastings microcell pad (the small one) bedded/painted all up was 19.01 oz all up. Came out heavier than expected because the blank needed a ton of work done as it was soft and had a ton of flex in the fore end and butt stock area. Carbon arrows were used to stiffen it up and make it suitable for use with a bipod.
According to my smith it was the most crude blank he had ever worked with.

5.19oz for a whole lot of money

 

[mtwarden]

any weight savings with the pad? I didn't weigh my factory pad on my Kimber, but appears to be pretty light

 

[Apollo117]

Just had my MPI microlight mountain compact fitted to my 6.5 Adirondack.
4.48lb with a Ti bolt handle
5.42lb with low talleys, swaro Z3 3-10x42 and a vortex level bubble.

Blank: 14.43oz
Hastings pad: 1.98oz
Swivel studs: 0.46oz
Total before work: 16.86oz

Stock with 14” of pull, sling swivels, Hastings microcell pad (the small one) bedded/painted all up was 19.01 oz all up. Came out heavier than expected because the blank needed a ton of work done as it was soft and had a ton of flex in the fore end and butt stock area. Carbon arrows were used to stiffen it up and make it suitable for use with a bipod.
According to my smith it was the most crude blank he had ever worked with.

5.19oz for a whole lot of money

Yikes. Thanks for sharing your experience. I think I'll look at Wildcat when I decide to replace my stock.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

M70 EWSS 30-06, talley lightweights, Zeiss conquest 3-9x40, timney trigger ~ 8lb 2oz

tikka t3x superlite 6.5cm, Sportsmatch rings, nightforce nxs 2.5-10 I believe is 7lb 12oz

 

[SkunkCabbage]

any weight savings with the pad? I didn't weigh my factory pad on my Kimber, but appears to be pretty light

I can’t tell you the actual difference in weight of the pads themselves. But I at least expect it to be 2-3x the weigh. The Hastings microcell delaminated when it was fitted and had to be glued back together. All in all it turned out good but when I think about he cost I cringe a bit. A McMillan edge can be done to 20oz. I was told Stuart figured he could get a blank to 16oz. I fondled one a few weeks back and the thing was stiff as hell with the I beam he does.

Essentially they should finish out to be the same amount of weight in my eyes. Wildcat would probably be the cheapest route.

Yikes. Thanks for sharing your experience. I think I'll look at Wildcat when I decide to replace my stock.

I don’t think the mold has been completed as the Smith is still working on it

 

[Buddro]

If you want affordable lightweight and don't mind the plastic tikka is the way to go. However just for grins check out the remington model 7s. They can be pretty easily had in the 500 dollars and under range. My model 7 compact weighs around 5.5 pounds naked. The non compact can be had in short mag chamberings and over time they make terrific builders. Strap a stock to it now, a trigger later ect ect...