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The OP doesn't know it yet, but this rifle will soon become his favorite and the others that he couldn't bear to cut/thread will soon be red-headed stepchildren.
He might as well get one he really likes and prezactly the way he wants it.

If they aren't muzzle heavy with a suppressor, they are butt heavy without. I'll take muzzle heavy with suppressor. When I'm hunting from a blind or tree stand, I just wait until I'm in the stand or blind before attaching my suppressor.

I did the Howa Superlite in .308 Win (6.5 Creed available as well) and got my rifle down to 7 lbs 0.8 oz suppressed with a 14 oz Omega 300 and NF SHV 3-10X42 scope. My 18" M700 went 9.5 lbs with Greyboe Trekker stock and the same scope. The rifle shoots as well as I'm able to shoot it, but it has some feeding and case ejection issues I need to sort out before I can recommend the rifle. However, my rifle is muzzle heavy but not enough to be unwieldy. Without the suppressor it's pretty well balanced even with a 22 oz scope.







I know someone is going to ask. The bolt doesn't pick up the round 100% of the time from the magazine. At first I thought I was short stroking the bolt, and started paying more attention to what I was doing. I dont think there is enough spring tension to keep the magazine at the proper height under recoil.

The ejection problem is the case just dribbles out of the port. I've tried deep cleaning the bolt, it probably just needs a stronger spring. It just doesn't throw the case, it usually just falls down against my sand bag elbow rest when shooting from the bench.

That is a damn light suppressed rifle especially with that scope! Maybe the lightest I've seen. I have a few that are right around 7 lbs but all with 1" scopes.

Build. Tikka action, 6 creed barrel (18" in your desired profile), krg bravo.

It's going to be extremely hard to stay 8.25 lbs suppressed with a KRG chassis that weighs 3 lbs. 8 lbs and under was what I was hoping for, but I was willing to go 8.5 lbs max. I had to start with a sub 6 lbs rifle to stay around 8 lbs with NF optic and suppressor.

I'm looking at buying a Rugged AK 360 Ti, to cut my suppressor weight by half.

you better go and buy a Lottery ticket or must know someone in the ATF