AMRA,
For years I wanted a Weatherby. Finally I bought a .257 Weatherby Magnum Ultralight. On the first hunt I told my son-in-law, "This thing is for sale. It is too heavy." I started looking for scopes to go with whatever light rifle I found. After see so many I arbitrarily decided on 18 ounces. That narrowed my choices a lot. I purchased a Weatherby Mark V Ultralight six lug .25-06.
Pac-Nor rebarreled it with a factory matching 26" (fluted by Twist Barrel reduced seven ounces), A Terminator 2 brake, restocked by Proof Research (reduced eight ounces), replaced the Decelerator with Hastings Micro-Cell recoil pad (reduced three ounces), and fitted with Swarovski z5 5-25X52 in Talley light weight, then switched to a Nikon Monarch 3 5-20X44. It tips the scale at six pounds thirteen ounces. I'm lovin' it except for the trigger. It's on its third Timney.
