If you want to be under 8.0lbs, I would not go any heavier than a #2 Lilja. Rifle below is a Stiller TAC300 Action, #2 Lilja chambered .270Win @ 22", PTG Aluminum bottom metal, McMillan Mountaineer Edge fill, Leupold VX3 3x10x40 in Talley LW mounts. 7lbs 7oz as shown. Originally had a #3 Lilja .30-06 barrel on that action, with a non-Edge fill stock, was well over 8 lbs...

When you read thru the build threads, you see far more stories of the rifle ending up "too heavy", versus "too light".

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