Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles So what does your Deer/Field rifle weigh?

Sako Forester 243 Win

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The one I'll be hunting with this year is a Remington Mountain Guide I just purchased. It's a 308 and wears a VX2 3-9x40mm in Talley light weights. Without ammo and sling, it tips the scales at 6 lbs 8 oz.

There you go, 6# 1 oz. My 270 Montana.

My brown precision Mod.70 280AI with a Leupold 3x10 weighs in at 8lbs-2oz.

I have a bunch of rigs. Weight comes in from a tad over 8lbs on a 300WM to ~6 on a Montana (all up). Most range from 7 to 10.

700 in 30-06 with Mickey Edge is a little below average for what's in my safes:

Fwt 30-06 7.5lbs

My two are around 7.25 - 7.5 scoped

I have 3 customs.
1 25-08 8lbs 9 oz all up
2. 280 AI 8lbs 7 oz all up
3. 30-338 9lbs 3 oz all up

I do not find these weights objectionable. I prefer a slightly muzzle heavy rifle. I could have built them with lighter barrels and scope to save weight. But I like how they handle and shoot.

I have no idea. The one I hunt with and carry the most is my early 1980's Win. Featherweight Mod. 70 in 7x57 with a Leupold 2.5 X 8.
Mine has the Factory steel adjustable Rifle Sights, so its probably just a little heavier than most Featherweights.

Anyhow, I would guess it to be right around or just under 8 lbs. I don't have a scale to weigh it on. Anybody else have a similar equipped Featherweight that they have weighed?

I don't use a rifle much anymore except for antelope but this is the one I grab for everything. Remington 700 Ti .308 with a Leupold 2.5-8x32.



As pictured above, but with 4 rounds rather than 3.



I got the rifle before I joined the Campfire and learned about Talley lightweight rings, 6x42 scopes, or the "bad things" that happen using windage adjustable bases. I could switch out some stuff and make it lighter but the gun has hardly needed any scope adjustments (and those probably were more to deal with my aging eyes) so I can't bring myself to change. It gets scraped on the ground a lot crawling hunting antelope. I probably should get rid of everything else.

Edited to add: I weighed the ammo, ammo holder and sling and got a total of 10.9 ounces attributable to just those components. I also reweighed the rifle "all in" a few more times and can get it as high as 6 pounds 15.3 ounces, or as low as what I originally showed, FWIW.

Really enjoyed this thread, I need a scale recommendation so I can weigh out a few of my rifles.

M70 EW 30-06 in McMillian Edge with Talley LW and VX3 3.5-10x40 CDS dials for 180g partition load weighed in at 7 3/4lbs all up. BSA posted a few pictures of it I believe

For all around use I can think of a rifle I've enjoyed more, dang thing was about as 'right' as I've found in bolt actions. Tough year this last year and it had to go down the road, I'll be recreating it soon, damn thing was just too good.

Here it is with the one meat buck I took two seasons ago.

Been awhile since I've checked so I only have approximate numbers. All three are MkV's with scopes sans sling and ammo. Rarely will I be afield with another rifle for anything larger than 'yotes.

-SS Fibermark in 280 with std Leupold bases and rings and FX-II 6x36 right at 7 pounds (my only rifle sporting a synthetic stock)

-Deluxe in 7-08 with Talley LW's and a FX-III 6x42 comes in a few ounces under 8 pounds (my favorite hunting rifle)

-Sporter in 300 WBY with Talley LW's and a M8 6x42, this rifle is 2-4 oz. under 10 pounds.

I've used a variety of slings the last few years, they include a Boyt leather strap, Boyds nylon sling and Turner NM leather sling.

I have a couple others, but haven't hunted them or see myself hunting them anytime soon (although I do miss carrying the Marlin 30-30).

My Ruger M77RS .270 Winchester with 3-9x40 Redfield Revolution,sling and 3 rounds weighs in at 9.29.

Deer rifle:
Custom M700 based 30/06 in a B&C Medalist,4X-12X VXII in Burris Signatures, 1 1/4" Super Sling, full of 165gr A-Bonds = 9.5#.

Elk rifle:
Tikka T3 7 Mag 3.5X-10X VXIII in Talley LWs, 1 1/4" web sling, full of 160gr A-Bonds = 7.5#.

why not use the elk rifle for deer?

Ha! I knew someone was going to ask that,lol. Oh I have a time or two. Works just fine. My purpose for having the 06 built the way I did was for stand hunting whitetails.Semi front heavy 25" barrel. Lays on a rest or Bog Pod quite nicely. Kinda aims itself. A couple of my local deer stands are 350ish plus for range. The 2# lighter 7 Mag is the "go to" for poking around the high country for elk. As long as there isn't a bunch of side hilling or drives in the plans,I prefer a little weight in my deer rifle.

Finally got around to answering your question. So here we go, His and Hers hunting rifle weights:

His: .375 Ackley Improved at 9 lb. 8 oz.
Hers: .338 Win Mag at 9 lb. 0 oz.

Finally got the new Tikka T3 Superlight in .308 set up.

Unloaded, Minox ZA5 1.5-8X32 in factory Tikka rings she weighs 6lbs. 13.3 ounces.

I bought the scope on a CameralandNY deal, so all-in I'm sitting at about $1,000. I'm well pleased thus far; hope to shoot it in on Sunday.

Ruger Hawkeye All weather ,308, VX2 2-7X33, 22" all up 7lbs 14oz.

Ruger Ultra Lite .257, wood blue, FXII 4X33, 20" all up 7lbs 14oz

RAR .223, Weaver K4, 22", all up 7lbs 4oz.