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I have about a 1/2 dozen various rifles that are under 6 1/2 lbs scoped, but my favorite is a SS Model 7 20" 7mm-08 in a Brown FS Stock. mine nearly identical 'cept it's in a Mcmillan Edge. 6#, 3 oz as pictured. but my FS is a close second. or maybe most favorite. it's hard to decide....
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Skeletor Ti 3006 6lbs 4oz Flaming Skeletor Kampfeld 250AI 6lbs 6oz A lot Kimber Montana
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My light rifle is a 16-1/2" bbl Ruger M77 Compact in .260 Remington. Scope is a Burris fixed power 4x20 Short Mag. Rifle weighs in at around 5-3/4 lbs without scope, which adds about 8 oz. I developed a hunting load using Varget powder and 120 grain Nosler Ballastic Tips. Real whitetail hammer. Short rifle works well inside a blind and in the close timber surrounding me.
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Pics of mine. This is the Kimber from a couple days ago. Note my highly tacticool gear <g>. I've had that black "pad" since the 70's when Dad bought it for me for backpacking. Another pic: This is the 7-08 MR. This rifle is the opposite of finicky. It just shoots anything you feed it.
The CENTER will hold.
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I really need to get one of those hi speed lightweights one day but I think what I have now will work.
The closest I have to that is the T3 SS in 300 WM. It has served pretty well in 3-4 elk hunts. With wapiti down on 2 of them.
My first elk hunt involved a Win 70 Black Shadow. In the mountains, nothing is worse than a heavy gun. It went by the wayside right after that trip.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
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Kimber Montana in .308 topped with a Leupold VX3 2.5-8.
After carrying a Montana all of my guns, including the Sako 85 Finnlight, seem heavy.
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For me it is my Kimber Montana 84 in 308. +2 By the posts on this thread, it's obvious everyone defines a "lightweight" differently. For me, a lightweight is sub 7lbs "all up" (scoped, sling, rounds... that's how it's hunted).
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Melvin said that 71% of buyers get another NULA within a year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5UjBQk-Rp0
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I fit into that 71%, hardest part was convincing the wife I need 2 of them.
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I've got a 7mm-08 Forbes rifle that had problems and I couldn't get them to respond. So I called Mr. Forbes just to ask if he would work on it and how much it would cost. To my great surprise he worked on it for nothing and it came back not only with the problem fixed, but more accurate than it was before to boot. The tolerances in the chamber are tighter as that brass shot before I sent it to him has to be resized to work.
If you want a light rifle, get a NULA. The man is first rate all around.
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Ruger UL boatpaddle, stainless, in .30-06. This rifle has done it all for me and I have a ton of confidence when hunting with it. Winchester Model 70 Featherweight 6.5x55 Swede I'm developing loads for this right now. The more I shoot it, the more I like it. Once load development is complete, it will be put up until my son is ready for it....likely several more years. Lucky little dude!!!! Winchester Model 70 Featherweight .270 WSM Certainly not a true lightweigt with it's sporter weight barrel, but it shoots great groups and is a pleasure to hunt with.
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I only have 2 that I consider Lightweights. And both are Kimber Montana's in 325 WSM. I really like this rifle and cartridge combination.
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I've got two types that fight for the right to own my heart:
1) Remington Model Sevens in Brown KS and FS stocks 2) Remington 700 Mountain in Brown standard stock
3) Win 70 Featherweight in Brown standard stock in 30-06
When something just HAS to die, #3 wins every time, even though my fickle heart always likes to dance with the first 2.
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I'm also one of the 71%. Killed my best mule deer with my NULA .270 win this last fall...it's my favorite.
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Tikka T3 Lite 7mm Remington Magnum, 270 Winchester, 243, 223.
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This is my sheep rifle. A Remington 700 Mountain SS 7mm08, I took off the 34 oz B&C and bought a Wildcat Composites blank, had a gunsmith inlet, bed and paint it. Stock finished at 19.8 oz with recoil pad. Rifle is 5 lbs 7 oz bare and 6 lbs 3 oz scoped. The Wildcat Composites is a superb stock. Several ounces lighter than a McEdge and higher quality than one too.
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I really love my Kimber 84M Classic Select in 257 Rob:
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I really love my Kimber 84M Classic Select in 257 Rob: Being a wood lover, I like the Kimber Classic Select's best too. I can't make up my mind between my Classic Select AAA 84M 308 and my Classic Select Stainless 280AI. They both just handle so well.
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M7 18" 308 Brown Pounder Kevlar M7 CDL 20" 350mag. Hi Tech Custom 98 Mauser 20" 8x57 Custom Shadow cheek piece Schnabel fore arm Black Walnut Taconic 98 Titanium Mauser 22" 308 Kimber Hunter 22" 308 M94 Nickel saddle ring 30 WCF M700 CDL 24" 35 Whelen, Factory Walnut M660 20" 308 They all get used. Mostly the 8mm and little M7.
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