not really a dedicated Backpack gun, but I hunt 5-8000' mountains in Idaho's Salmon River Breaks country and its all I ever take with me. For the longest time it wore a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40, just recently that was replaced with a VX6 2-12X42. As shown weighs 8.6 pounds.
270 Winchester
Winchester 70 Action - South Carolina (circa 06/07)
Shilen #3 - been recontoured to roughly a 2.5 finished at 24.75"
Timney at 2.5 pounds
McMillan Edge Stock
Williams Bottom Metal
Talleys
Shoots 129grain Barnes LRX bullets at 3150 FPS into little tiny holes. More importantly - feeds everytime, works everytime, and I have 100% confidence in it.
I will try to post a pic tonight when I get home. Photo bucket is acting up here at work for some reason.
