Sam, I'm in the process of building such a rifle. It's currently a stock 1996 Classic Stainless M70 Fwt 270 Win. I've got a McMillan Hunters Edge Compact on order, and will drop it in that with PT&G Aluminum Bottom Metal, Talley Lwt X-Lows, a 6x36LR Leupold (or 2.5-8x36), and Unlce Mikes Mountain Sling. I hope the load will be 150 NP's at 2,850.

Should come in sub 7.5 lbs all-up with sling and rounds, while being eminently shootable well into my old age... and of course the 270 is more than enough for anything in Montana.

I'll always have a Kimber MT of some stripe (likely 308 - again!), but the Montana is a specialized tool, really not a true all-arounder. They're just too light for that! As I've aged I'm less fond of recoil and I don't forsee the trend reversing.

Jack O'Connor had this stuff figured out a long time ago...

Here's my 270 next to Dober's Bansner-stocked pre-64 Fwt:

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