SU35,
Just to give you a point of reference...
I just picked up a Rock light palma barrel in 6.5 this week. Just for grins, I was comparing this barrel to Krieger's profiles, and it came in at a medium Palma on their chart.
None the less, mine threaded for a long action 700, chambered in 6.5-284, and cut at 30", weighs an ounce and a half over five pounds. This is getting buttoned down in a sniper filled A-5, with one of those extra 4.5-14x40 MarkIV's on top. I wasn't going for a mountain rifle either....
