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What's your goal for weight and your budget? There's a 260 tube in the classys right now.

My budget is shifting....where are the classifieds? Thanks for the heads up!

There was no mention in the earlier post about what length 260 barrel is going to get you 200fps more, but below is a post about real-world losses, and I would think the 270 would be fairly representative. Looks like lopping 7" lost 114fps.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/88566/site_id/1#import

If you want a woods rifle, go 18" if you want to.

Some calibers produce horrendous muzzle blast, some are more sensitive to this concussion than others.

For instance, a 243 with a 20" barrel is ungodly loud.

I read that and thought the same thing. Although I missed that 260 takeoff barrel on the classifieds I think that's the route is like to go for now. Any suggestions on where to look for a takeoff barrel? For now any 260 remington barrel would work ( any rem 700 or 7 barrel)

If I were you, for what you want, find a Sako Finnlight 260, and drop in a McMillan Edge stock, should do ALL you need......

33% sacrificially.

"Awe dat's beautiful."
Dr. Hook

But, I doubt you'll ever see it on the cover of The Rolling Stone.

Left handed, that's the problem.... But the budget is shot, plus this whole thing ended up being kind of fun. So now I've bought a LH 700 SA in an SPS.
Ordered a #1 win featherlight contour from Bartlein, got an aluminum firing pin from Tubbs, and a new aluminum bolt shroud from PTG. I called kampfeld and although he didn't sound thrilled about action work per se, he will "slab" it or take some off the sides, and flute and skeletonize. My thoughts are that I'll always have the action, so in might as well spend my money there. I'll have it put together, and use the old stock until I save a bit more money. I'll probably paint it for this year if that doesn't preclude future cerakote. Basically following this idea http://www.americanhunter.org/mobile/article.php?id=19793

You'll have a couple grand in it by the time you're done. Might just stop while you're ahead an find a used NULA.

MONTANA

You're talkin' "take-off barrel". That says, "tightwad". UL custom ain't happenin' on a "tightwad" budget. You need to just buy a Tikka T3 Superlite in 308 and call it done. If that is too "heavy" for you, buy a barbell.

If you want to build a lightweight 700 get ahold of Rick at Extreme Rifles, he will hook you up

http://extremerifleworks.com/index.html