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BDL in 7mm Rem Mag 8 1/2 lbs incl scope and rings
XCRII in 375 Weatherby 7 1/2 lbs incl scope and rings
CZ550 in 500 Jeffery 12 lbs incl scope and rings Above quote…..XCRII in 375 Weatherby 7 1/2 lbs incl scope and rings Now that one should “jump” a little when fired from the bench! 😉 I have much respect for you if you can sit behind that for 20 rounds from the bench….assuming that no brake is used or a lead sled! 👏 memtb
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Tikka .338 winchester mag 7.75 lbs with scope and loaded That should be a pleasure to hunt with……maybe not so much when shot from the bench! 🤔 memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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So far my Mark V ULWT 338/06 and Leupold 2.5x8 = 6.3/4# empty. My Win. Mod 70FWT 25" Shilen 7x57 and Leupold 3.5x10 = 8#
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Weatherby Vanguard 300 Wby in HS Preceision stock, VX-3 3.5-10 is a portly 10lbs.
Winchester M70 push feed, Mcmillian stock MK4 3.5-10 with a 23" Bartlein #2b is 9lb 6oz. A ten pound 300 Weatherby isn’t a bad thing. Having shot a “bare bones” ( no scope, no sling) Win. Model 70 XTR in 300 Weatherby weighing under 9 pounds…..recoil wasn’t bad at all. A little math with an 8.75 pound rifle (no scope, no sling), pushing 180’s to 3150 mv, using 78.0 grains of powder……shows recoil to be less than 34 ft/lbs. Which is 5 pounds less my wife’s rifle produces! Obviously, felt recoil is subjective and heavily dependent upon stock fit and recoil pad. If it’s a rifle to be “hunter carried” all day for multiple days in rather serious terrain …..I much prefer mine @ 9 pounds or under, all up and ready to hunt. Unless the recoil is substantially greater than that of the 300 Weatherby…….9 pounds shouldn’t be an issue memtb Disclaimer: this is not a rifle/load to be used for an all day Prairie Dog shoot! Very true. I run a rather stout load in my 300 win mag that pushes a 200 grain Terminal Ascent at a hair under 3K fps. I have a Nosler M21 and it’s the best behaved 300 mag I ever shot. I don’t know the weight off the top of my head but it’s not heavy and the relatively light recoil I contribute it to the stock design. I believe the early Weatherby rifles didn’t have the best stock geometry and although beautiful those old wood stock Weatherbys beat the hell out of people.
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I believe with the ammo, scope, and sling my Kimber 280 AI will weigh in at about 6+ lbs.
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I believe with the ammo, scope, and sling my Kimber 280 AI will weigh in at about 6+ lbs.
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My 300Wby is 9 lbs unloaded, 7mm Mashburn is 7 lbs unloaded. As I get older I really like the lighter weight for a mountain hunt. If the country is flatter I’ll still pack the Wby.
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Once you go over 10 lb max rifle weight and under 2 lb minimum trigger pull weight, you basically have a varmint/sniper rifle competition. You're free to set up your competition however you want, but you may have some people surprised and disappointed when they register for a "hunting rifle match" and show up to see a bunch of sniper/varmint rigs, regardless of whether people hunt big game with those rigs.
You might want to have a separate category for rifles under, say, 9 or 9.25 lb and trigger pull weight over 2 lb. The vast majority of the guys who shoot in our matches up here are familiar with each other and know what to expect. Most of their guns are running around ten pounds anyway except for a couple of dedicated ELR guys, but they have hunting rigs as well. Cat Your club might have some other folks who typically don't shoot in your matches but who would be interested in a match with other like-minded folks who hunt with more traditional hunting rifles (e.g., those in the 7 to 9 lb weight range). I think that is a major draw of hunting rifle matches at many clubs.
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My Mark V .300 Weatherby Fibermark comes in at 9.25 lb unloaded without sling, so pushing 9.5+ hunting mode. My Mark V lightweight .30-06 (6lug) is just under 7 lbs. felt recoil is rather fierce at the bench with that one with 175 or 180 gr loads. All my other rifles come in between 8 and 8.5 lbs.
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I've been shooting a very light Rem Model 7 HS in .243 this season and am having trouble shooting such a light rifle. I'll work with it during the off season, but may decide to go back to a heavier rifle.
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My hunting rifles range from 8lbs up to 14. But I can tell you I don't do very much walking with the 14 pounder haha
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Win m70 super grade, 270 win, something over 9 lbs with scope (3-9x40) leupold and sling. Carried it elk hunting in NM in 2023. I couldn’t tell the difference between it and the ruger mkll in 30-06 I carried for over 20 years.
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Sounds like fun. Wherever you set the weight limit people will complain their regular hunting rifle is just over. You could always do weight classes under 7.5 lbs, 7.5 to 10 & over 10 lbs. it would be interesting to see the difference in performance.
Mine would fall in the middle class - very lightweight rifles don’t feel right to me so far & over 10 would be very heavy in the mountains.
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I've never weighed a rifle.....like women some just feel better than others.
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My heaviest is a 416 Rem M70 in a McM magnum fill stock, steel Scherz bases and Talley QD rings, Burris 1.75-5X Signature Safari scope, Wisner rear (Pre-64 SG copy) and banded front sight, fluted factory barrel with four rounds and no sling (I don't use one on this rifle). It weighs 9 1/2# all in.
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My heaviest is a 416 Rem M70 in a McM magnum fill stock, steel Scherz bases and Talley QD rings, Burris 1.75-5X Signature Safari scope, Wisner rear (Pre-64 SG copy) and banded front sight, fluted factory barrel with four rounds and no sling (I don't use one on this rifle). It weighs 9 1/2# all in. Now that should be a nice carry weight hunt’n rifle……while being very shootable! memtb
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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Montana 1999, 300 RUM 9 pounds 7 oz, about the heaviest I'd walk around with for long distances
Ruger 6mm Varmint, 10 pounds and change, yes I do hunt on foot with it, no it's not fun
Smith and Wesson Husqvarna 30-06 8 pounds 4 oz, my go to hiking rifle
Pre 64 model 70 in 330 Dakota, 7 pounds 10 oz, next year's go to
Generally speaking, I like 9-10 pounds for shorter hikes and longer shots
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Think many of you need a real scale. I just chopped a Tikka T3X in 300 WSM to 19". Stuck it in a Stocky's Carbon VG2. Sportsmatch rings and a Bushy 3-12 was 7.54 lbs. Think it takes a fair bit of effort to get a legtimate "All Up" rifle sub 7lbs
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I've never weighed a rifle.....like women some just feel better than others. Exactly, never worried about weight, sit in a stand now that I’m old.
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My hunting rig weighs just shy of 5000 #
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