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the funny thing is all the guys wanting light rifles are generally from states without the ruff terrain common to the west, if you hunt terrain that is nasty enough to need a light rifle chances are you are gonna need to be able to make a long shot, a heavier gun will shoot better in field conditions. I have a 270 win with a #5 krieger barrel, its a little over 8#'s without scope, I used a lightweight firing pin and shroud, as well as talley lightweights that cut at least 6oz off the gun, to allow more in the barrel. I could loose another few if I went with factory bottom metal instead of williams. The gun carries just fine, if you can't carry a 9#+rifle with scope all up, you need to work out or something, I have no problem and I hunt where there are real mountains

I am in the process of building a 260 on a Winchester M70 action with a Lija #5 fluted in a 1:8 twist. I see the appeal.

I got real attentive to the 260 a couple of years ago when SU35, who posts here, shot a Mulie in Washington State at 507 yards.
I can see one of them in my crystal ball..

David
I built up a Savage on a Stockade Gunworks[Kevin Rayhill] 'woodchuck' model stock. You can save a bunch buying the 'out of the mould' model and do the finishing yourself [150 IIRC]. It has a bedding block and comes w/recoil pad. Excellent stocks for the $'s.
The woodchuck has a med. wide "marksman" style forend that is easy to carry in hand AND rides a bag well.
I lucked out and found a Savage FP barrel in 260 for a song[fouls easily BUT holds around 1/2 min...out to 800 so far!].

I would suggest a Pac- Nor 26" poly or 3 groove 1 in 8 for the 139-142's.

FWIW
Wes in AZ
I figured you would be busy w/ the 308 moly 168's you got....HA!....I had the first reply in but kept getting a busy signal [must have been you]....missed them by 10 minutes !!

David,
I know you have already considered this, and I can appreciate wanting to build something for yourself, but how far is the 700 CDL-SF from where you want to be? It has a 24 inch barrel and 700 action with a laminated stock. I would say that it could be had for about the same money you are talking about spending to build.

In the end, brother, it is your dime. Get what you want.

So if I understand correctly, you're going to go with a Savage action. You mentioned you have a stock. Which one? Sounds like the only thing you have left to decide on is which barrel to use. With a Savage action, I would go with one of the pre-threaded and chambered barrels and buy the action wrench, barrel nut wrench, and headspace guages, and mount it myself. With this setup, have as easy a switch-barrel setup. If you wanted to shoot a 22-250 for a while, buy the pre-threaded and chambered barrel and headspace guages, and screw it on. Pac-Nor will sell you a pre-threaded and chambered barrel. That kind of flexability is hard to ignore, especially when you add in that you can change out the bolt head on a Savage action, and move to a .223 based cartridge, if you are willing to shoot it as a single shot...

As far as targets and long range hunting, I have a #5 barrel on my .308, and it is a GREAT compromise between portability, balance, and repeatable, consistent accuracy. My McMillan stocked 700 with its 22" #5 Krieger comes out at 8lbs, 14oz with socpe. Easy to carry, easy to shoot well...

John