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Wheres that 358 barrel????
=] Likley be up for sale along with a bunch of brass and bullets here soon.
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Dayum, that shoots fair good IMO. I have one of those mutant light rifles with a plastic stock that does OK, but it's maybe a little heavier? Longer barrel and it only has a Weaver K2.5 from El Paso; weighs about 5.5# (loaded). Oh yeah, it's a .30-30. Very well done!!! Always fun to see it fall together no doubt.
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Nice!!! Whose barrel did you use? This is a lilja barrel with the slightly heavier contour than OEM Kimber barrel. Reamed and fitting was done by Alyeska Precision.
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That is crazy lite! My Forbes 260 hits 6.4 with a Leupold 3.5x10 CDS, and I think that is a tough critter to shoot well from the bench. Can't imagine trying to hold that wisp steady. Nice work, Sir!
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Rarely do I shoot from a bench anymore. Off a bipod, bags, or pack prone is how I work up loads anymore. I agree you def have to have your form and sun here dialed in to consistently make a lightweight rifle shoot.
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@4.1 lbs ..You might just have the lightest rifle on the campfire... Haha back when it was a 358 win it weighed just over 3.5 pounds and 4.3 pounds with a leupold 2-7 on it.
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nice work especially considering how light that gun is. It takes a little more focus for me to shoot the lightweights as well as say a 8 or 9 lb gun. Have you had the chance to take a look at the rifling inside that barrel? Id be curious to see what their finish work looks like. Did a bit of shooting and loading yesterday. 147s and 143s at 2565 fps both sub MOA for 5 shots. 130s at 2750 fps Likely just roll with the 147s as 2565 fps MV isn’t exactly taxing any bullet and it stays over 1800 fps way beyond where I have any biz hunting with such a lightweight rig. Hope to see how they work in a Grizzly this summer.
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You are certainly set with your 338-06 and 6.5 creed lightweights.
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What brand is the stock and who did the fitting? It’s an MPI microlight. Last Frontier Custom guns did the inletting and bedding. Thanks, thats what I thought, What is the weight of just the stock?
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My very light custom .284 (5.7 lbs scoped) also doesn’t shoot very well...just like yours. Was it T Whelen who said “only accurate rifles are interesting?” How about very light, accurate rifles?
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What, no 358 anymore? That was a pretty sweet gun.
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Not sure if this qualifies as light...8.15lb as pictured. Tikka 6.5CM in a Southfort Labs Carbon Stock, Bushnell 4.5-18 LRTSi, 20' barrel. 147gr ELD Handloads at 2650fps. Three shots holding .3 Moa @ 500 meters.
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What, no 358 anymore? That was a pretty sweet gun. Basically cause I couldn’t shoot it at my house due to not being able to suppress it. I like having rifles I can shoot and tweak loads at the house so that’s why I went that route. 358 win is a fun great round no doubt but setup like this it’ll simply get shot more.
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My very light custom .284 (5.7 lbs scoped) also doesn’t shoot very well...just like yours. Was it T Whelen who said “only accurate rifles are interesting?” How about very light, accurate rifles?
Nice!! I would like to hear about your setup no doubt.
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Not sure if this qualifies as light...8.15lb as pictured. Tikka 6.5CM in a Southfort Labs Carbon Stock, Bushnell 4.5-18 LRTSi, 20' barrel. 147gr ELD Handloads at 2650fps. Three shots holding .3 Moa @ 500 meters. Very nice!! It’s all a sliding scale. Compared to my rifle above yours is over 50% heavier Compared to my 7 wsm chassis rifle with 27” barrel and 7-35 NF aim it yours is almost 4 pounds lighter. That said I have a 300 wsm tikka in the same stock as yours and it is 8.2 pounds with a NF 4-16 on it as well. Light is relative as this 6.5 cm above was legit 3 pounds 9 oz before optics and 4.4 pounds scoped so like I said it’s all a sliding scale.
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