I picked up a Remington model 7 stainless synthetic in 7/08 for a good price. Looking at the bolt face it appears to have been shot only a few times. Has anyone ever lightened one of these? Thought about going with a McMillan Edge stock but is there any other things I can do? It has the 20" barrel. Thought it would make a great packing/truck gun. Deadly on Blacktails.

Put my 260 in a Bansner/HTS and it now weighs 6# 6oz as you see it.
The finished Bansner with a 0.6" Pachmayr 750 weighs 24 oz while the plastic factory stock weighed ~38 oz. Also swapped out the firing pin assembly for an aluminum PTG.

Great little gun.

In hindsight a Kimber Montana is the easier way to a light rifle for similar money after upgrading a Seven.

There is a picture of mine in this post setting a scale that is reading 6 lbs straight up.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/11454742/Searchpage/2/Main/788097/Words/pullit/Search/true/Re:_Remington_.260#Post11454742

That's pullit's from the post above. I've seen it in action and the darn thing is silly light. It also shoots WAY better than a light rig should shoot. I dang sure wouldn't want one any lighter ready to hunt.

Give us the specs John.

308 in a McMillan mountaineer stock topped with a 6x36 with M1 in talleys

Model 7 SS, 22" mountain rifle contour take off, Bansner stock with flip flop recoil pad, fluted bolt, hollowed bolt knob and handle, light weight firing pin and bolt shroud. Bedded and floated barrel, one piece ring/base (forgot who made them but it was not Talley) and a Leupold 2.5-8 with BC flip up covers.

338 fed built on a model 7, alaska custom firearms built ultralight.

Find an Brown FS stock, which are pretty rare on the market or an Edge or some other light weight stick and it'll completely transform the rifle.

I picked up a Brown FS a couple years ago and a rifle I just thought so-so of is now one of my favorites.

Mine with Leupold 2-7 with alumina caps and talleys weights 6 lbs 3 ounces. One of these days I might send the bolt to Kampfeld.

I'm having a stainless Model 7 put together, chambered in 6mm Creedmoor with the intention of it being my truck gun and a shooter for the grandchildren. My intention is not to make it as light as possible, but I expect it won't be too heavy. <grin>. I will post up the results when it's done.

Bansner stock,
Schneider #2@ 22",
Fluted bolt w/Gre-Tan alum firing pin
Tuned Rem trigger
Talley lightweights
Leupold 2.5-8 w/B&C reticle

try John Gallagher in Alabama. He is machining the actions and bolts and using Bansner stocks to build some nice lightweight Remingtons. Handled a couple at a gun show recently and was tempted.