I have one that weighs about 8#. It is hard on scopes. I think I have been through about 4 now, currently without sights. I prefer the 250 grain bullets. Mine is a 12 twist or I would try the 300s. Factory Norma loads with 250 grain Woodleigh Round nose leave the the muzzle north of 3200 fps. I can't duplicate it with any handloads. There are a lot of new powders since I last worked up a load.
R17 and MagPro would give me 3000 fps with 250 grain bullets of various flavors. Seems like if you were going to shoot 200 grain bullets you would just use a 300 Wby and shoot 200 grain Partitions. Not sure there is a better bullet than that.
