Doesn't MPI make one that comes out at like 9 ounces or something??? Ultra lightweight????
Yes but that's the unfishined weight. My gunsmith finished one for his 375 RUM that went 14 oz I believe. He is hoping that since mine is a short action with a short foreend that it'll be closer to 12 oz finished but we shall see.
My best friend's 416 Wby tore apart an MPI in 12 shots. Hope yours is ok.
Was the MPI sold and installed by MPI?
Yup, and bedded.
Was a funny thing to watch. My friend played nose guard for Missouri, that is to say a pretty stout fella. He got a yen to build a lightweight 416, only God knows why. Anyway, he sat down at the bench with this brakeless, sub 8lb wonder, and proceeded to shoot 4, 3 shot groups with full house 400 grainers, in a t-shirt no less. The groups were all ragged holes. He got up, and peeled back his shirt sleeve to show what looked like a massive hematoma. Then he noticed the stock was completely cracked at the tang. He sent it back to MPI, they "fixed" it, and he sold the 12-shot Wonder Weatherby.
Most recoil-proof guy I've ever known and a fine rifleman. But just a little nuts
