Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles How much does your "Lightweight" rifle weigh?

Here's mine, a 257 Wby:

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I think my heaviest (hunting) rifle is 8lbs scoped (.375).


.... I DON'T want a 375 HH under 8#.

My NULA in 7-08 with a 6x36 Leupold and Alumina caps goes 5lbs. 15oz. Of course I bought it because I wanted a light rifle, especially as I am a seriously senior citizen. I was interested to discover, however, that after carrying an 8lb. 6oz. 30-06 for 10 days of a plains game hunt in Africa, I never once thought, "Damn, this rifle is heavy." Of course we weren't in the Rocky Mountains, but there was some up and down in the Eastern Cape.

Good lord, how is that even possible? What are the specs on that gun?

It's a Kimber Montana in 338 fed. The gun as it comes from the box weighed 4lbs 15oz. I added a titanium bolt knob just for kicks, mounted up a Leupold 6x36 in Talleys. She's a handful but far from unbearable.

wow, bet that is a joy to carry though. Nice setup.

Thank you sir. With 4 rounds and Blackhawk mountain sling it comes in a 6lb 1.5 oz. so yes, an easy carry.

The 185 TTSX does on number on the relatively small deer we have here, but I hope to put one through an elk next year.

Shown it before, but this 7mm-08 goes 6.75lbs scoped. The barrel is a .650" muzzle sporter contour, so balance is nice. 660 action, Edge stock, 3-9x33 VX2. It's my tag-along rifle.

THANKS GUYS -

The only thing I admire AS MUCH as a pretty woman is a LIGHT RIFLE.

Those are some SERIOUSLY nice rifles.

My lightweights go 5 lbs and 6.6 lbs. The lighter is a Rossi m92 trapper chambered in .357 mag. and the heavier is a 94 Winchester .30-30. Both wear receiver sights which are completely adequate for me and the hunting I do. Both are also much handier to carry than any FAT, scoped bolt action, regardless of weight. Carrying any of my scoped bolt actions for a few days makes me despise the fat profile and ponderous sighting equipment.

Good Luck

Each to his own.

Aside from my Savage 1899 carbines, my lightest-weight bolt gun is a 98 Mauser .30/06. 24" barrel, DST's, skimpy Euro-style stock, Lyman receiver sight- 6� pounds. Add 3/4 pound when I slip its 2�X scope in a G&H QD sidemount onto it. The light weight and narrow butt plate makes it a holy terror to shoot with full power loads, so it gets loaded down a bit.

This thing is a dream to carry high in the Rockies. Shoots real good too!

prm -

Ya gotta a larger pic of whole rifle?

What we can see looks good.

Kimber .280AI with Talley LWs, Leupold 3.5-10x40 CDS, and BC flip-ups.

Here ya go. Kimber Montana, 338 Federal, VX2 3-9 w/CDS, Talleys, and an aluminum trigger guard. Critters don't go far with this thing. The more I use it, the more I like it!

That wouldn't be bad lookin' if it had a walnut stock, an exposed hammer, a lever and a tube magazine.

ULA .260 with 3-9 Conquest is sub 6lb. Love that rifle.

prm -

Thnx. I like the first pic better.

I don't like the second pic..... because it's not MY rifle laying on that elk.