"Ultimate" actually leaves a lot of room for interpretation...

The "ultimate" custom lightweight is really anything your heart desires... you'd have to be very specific to come up with a winner here.

The "ultimate" factory Lightweight is undoubtedly the Kimber Montana...

The "ultimate" value Lightweight is probably the Tikka SL...

The "ultimate" Custom/Semi-Custom is probably the NULA... or the Rifles, Inc. Strata...

Is it the "ultimate" LW Deer rifle... or Elk rifle... or Sheep rifle? Because those can certainly be different in dimension, weight, and caliber.



Here's my "ultimate" Lightweight... and pretty much "ultimate" hunting rifle in general. It's not the lightest "Lightweight" on this thread... but so far, it's the only one you can shoot without plugs and/or muffs...

Kimber Montana in .300 WSM, cut to 17" for use with a suppressor. With the can attached: it's the same length as your average 24" barreled '06. It only weighs 7.5lbs all up, with rounds, sling, optic, and suppressor. It shoots 200s/208s at 2750 and 155s at 3050... does it easily sub-moa, with recoil similar to that of a .270 Win. It sounds like a .22 lr when you shoot it... but it's fully capable of clobbering any critter that I ever hope to hunt.

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Shoots several bullets like this... at 100

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... to 700

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You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......