Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Let's see the "Lightweight" Long Range Rigs

Very nice, do tell.

Tanner, no doubt. Get older like me and you just enjoy shooting the milder rounds more, and you can shoot more rounds in a day w/o ill effect. In the field, experience teaches horsepower is nice, but far overestimated, while shot placement simply rules, I know you know this......but after I dropped a deer at 400 yds w/a 6BR, I realized alot of guys are just punishing their ears and shoulders far more than needed to hunt America's most popular game. I know out west, things are different, and you have bears to think about, so needs can change.

You prob heard, but Wayne Van Zwoll shot an elk at just over 600 yds w/a Creedmoor using a 129SST IIRC. Worked about as well as JOC's fav...270/130. Granted he precisely threaded the SST where it should go, and all went fine. I'd prob never shoot that far, but it's interesting to know...

7.5 #'s with the big honken Leupold. A 4.5-14 will make it 7

No better way to fly than .260 AI. I wish there were more 260s floating around. Sadly the only way to get a "good one" is to go custom...which isnt a bad idea.

I caved in and ordered an Atlas last night, probably should order 2 or 3 more as that dood is GIVING them away...

Heres my 280AI, it was an origianl 280cal FW win and it has evovled to my shooting needs.
Specs
Krieger 1-9.5t 23.5"FW contour
Centershot muzzle brake 3port
McMillan FW fiberglass stock
Jewell triger set at 1 lbs 2oz
Talley qd rings and bases
March 2.5x25 hunting scope with tactical turrets under caps
Atlas bipod
CDI bottom metal and detachable mag system
I shoot the 168bergers hunting vlds pointed at 2880 fps and
its deadly acuurate out to 1000Yards.
Elmer

Beautiful rig! I'm drooling!

Elmerdeer - I'm building a very similar rig. Got all the parts and pieces, just waiting for the smith to call and say he's ready.

Here's a 10lb'er.... bout where I want a LR hunting rifle.

Rem. Sendero Special in 7RM
24" pipe & original HS stock
Talley lows & Leup. 3-9 Mark AR

Doing a little drop chart work out to 700 yesterday...



162 Amax/72 Retumbo/3075

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No.... I'm just a cheap bastard.... been using the same dot since '02.....

that's doin it up right, dogshooter. I like that rig a lot

I love the way it handles while standing and it pretty good prone
for a lightweight rig, its awsome as my all round hunting gun during the day i go from stand hunting to stalking to driving around looking for a buck in Saskatchewan.
You will enjoy yours.
Elmer

Mine is a "budget" rifle. I consider it a "medium range" rig... beyond 400 yards but closer than 600 or so. I've shot it out to 800 yards with perfect satisfaction on targets, and hitting 8" steel at 500 yards almost seems too easy!

-- T3 Super Light
-- 300 Win mag
-- FX-3 fixed 6x, LRD, M1 elevation
-- 200gr NAB @ 2900 fps

So far I've gotten one elk (cow) and one buck with this rifle, but not at longrange. Shooting steel at ~500 yards using the LRD or M1 is almost boring. As much as I practice at ~longrange, I got my 2012 cow & buck at 100 yards, maybe less. Go figure.

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I can dig that rig for sure....

Here's how mine ran today with the little brother driving it....

I'm thinking about adding a bigger gun to my arsenal that could be light enough to carry for extended distances but still could be used to teach me to use turrets for wind and elevation. It would need to be at least 270 caliber to be legal for elk in my state. I have a stupid distain for 270 calibers so that just leaves 284s and 30's because I can't handle a 10 pound 338 for very long.

I'm impressed that other people like the useful mid weight rifles like these.

Glad to see this thread has legs Here's my rig; got it bolted up this weekend and will have it on the range this upcoming weekend.

Winchester Model 70 300 WSM, SWFA 6x42 scope, McMillan Compact pattern stock:

Love that stock! I'm gonna have to copy it one of these days.

338 EDGE
Rem 700
30" Obermeyer Rem Varmint contour bbl (31" w/muzzle brake)
Cerakote (Foliage Green)
McMillan HTG/M40A1 stock (McMillan Olive with black speckles)
Jewell Trigger
Wyatts 3.910" magazine box
Nightforce 20 moa base
Nightforce lightweight rings with the bubble thingy
Bushnell Elite 6500 4-16X50mm mil dot

total weight 11.5 lbs
not a real lightweight yet not too heavy, balanced just right for me.... completed summer of 2012.... one 53" bull moose down - Sept. 2012

You got anymore pictures of this rifle? Awesome build. I want something like that...