I'm down to about 7lb 5oz on a large ring 30-06. I used a bansner stock and a decelerator. The trigger guard hoop on the original aluminum bottom metal had broken, so I shaved off the triggerguard and floorplate, left the front recoil screw boss (filed it into a round ADL-style protrusion), and glassed this into the stock. I then took a fire-damaged steel bottom metal set from Sitka Deer, whacked off the triggerguard, filed a front tang tab on the triggerguard that catches the glasswork I did (kinda like a kimber), and created an ADL mauser. I like it. Barrel measures 0.64" at the muzzle.