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Wow lots of nice rifles! I am also considering picking up a mrc1999 action from itd. Only $1100 with choice of Douglas barrel. Sounds like a good deal also.

Really hard to go wrong with that direction. Would be a nice rifle.

What do you want for finished weight?

Mauser wearing a lothar walther #718. Very handy and easy to tote around, forget the exact weight off the top of my head but ready to hunt with scope and all is right around 8.5.

Built it because my 375 is a pig. Had a nostalgia moment and brought the 375 to the range, reminded me why I had the 9.3 built.

Want it under 7.5lbs with scope. Still ne to Reloading so safety question time. The Mrc short action has a box length of 3.125 could I stuff a 9.3 in it? Looking to fire 250tsx. I don't push speed when reloading, everything is around mid level book loads.

The short action is a non-starter with the 9.3X62. You need 3.4" or so to make it work. You could do Barsness' 9.3BS, the 350 Rem Mag necked up in that action.

To make under 7.5 pounds scoped with a lightish scope,you can get there with a #3 Douglas type contour. But you will need a light stock like a Brown Precision or McMillan Edge. You will also need to go blind mag, that steel floorplate is heavy! See mine a few posts up. Those rifles are blind mag.

Kind of what I figured with the short action. Rick your tan stocked rifle is set up real close to what I am aiming for. What is involved going to the blind mag? Do I just get a trigger guard from bat? This will be going In to an edge e.

That is about it. Source an ADL type trigger guard and your stock guy will do the rest. Sunny Hill, etc.

If you are strict on the "under 7 1/2 pounds" and wisely do not go with an ultra light barrel, you have to go blind mag.

I went with a McM edge and a sporter countour barrel at 23.5" and with the scope the rig goes 7.75lbs...

For a 250 grain TTSX 9.3x62 that's not a bad setup

Phil's 9.3 is a light weight M-70 in an Echols Legend stock. Very nice.

DF

I've had a CZ 9.3x62, and a model 70 358 win, and after playing with the MCMillan & BC stocks on both of them I took a Sako 85 270 finnlight and rebarrelled it to 9.3x62, and put it in a MC Edge.
Here is the Sako 85




Here are the weights of the components from screwing around with those

A few years back I had Redneck do the metal work on a 1952 Pre 64 M70 action and 24" #3 Pacnor. He then sent it to Charley Santoni for the finish work. it's sitting in D'Arcy Echols Legend, Edge filled stock. With Leopold QR's base/rings and a 1.75-6 VX3. it's right at 8 lb 5 oz. Might be one of the most accurate rifles I own too.



Alan

Great project.

To the poster who asked about Phil's 9.3, it looks a lot like this one, IIRC, has a peep sight/irons instead of a scope.

DF

Phil's rifle is also left in the original, unfinished, black; as it comes from McMillan. Quite a good looking rifle where you can see the layer up fiberglass cloth.

Alan

Looks something like this. I almost left mine unpainted.

DF

Phil's rifle has a 22" barrel, and very close to factory sporter contour. Legend Edge as has been mentioned.

IIRC, it's in the 7# range.

I think Phil's reasoning was, it's gonna be packed a lot more than it's gonna be shot...

DF

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Mine started out as a Classic Stainless .30-06 with a standard sporter contour. JES rebored it and cut the barrel to 20.5". I added a McMillan Winlite stock, NECG banded front sight and Talley peep/QDs with a Leupold 2x7. It weighs 8lbs as shown above. Most often I carry it with the peep rather than the scope however. As shown below it's just a touch over 7lbs all up. I end up killing more stuff with the peep come to think of it.

I still can't make up my mind on this one. Considering an 8x57 too. Could build it lighter and not have to worry about recoil but would not have the big bore.

It's a medium. Easy to make a 9.3 behave like an 8mm ballistically, but if you want more power, the 8mm will never be a 9.3

Pa- that is a sweet little thumper!