Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Let's see the "Lightweight" Long Range Rigs

M700 in .300 SAUM
Mickey Classic ADL in Arctic Camo with regular fill.
Carving by Kampfeld.
PTG shroud, pin and trigger guard.
Talley Lightweights.
VX3 2.5-8x36 with M1 turret on the way..

Comes in at 8 lbs. on the nose, stuffed and slung..

Feeds smooth as silk, and Dober is gonna love it.

I would love it if...you added a Jewell to it..grin

One can do one heck of a lot with a 8 lb rig and to a long long range!

Dober

Wait' until you tryyyyyy ittttt....

My long range rig is a plain factory Pre-64 M70 264 Win Mag. It shoots 140 gr VLD's with Retumbo 3200 fps. I topped it off with some Talley Lightweights and a Minox ZA5 3-15. I love this rig and don't think I will ever change a thing with the rifle.

Nice!

Damn nice!

Damn, damn nice.

Don't know if this qualifies as a long range rig because I've only shot it to 600 yards but:

R700 LA .270 in a KS stock and a 6X42 Leupold.



All of 7 pounds and can shoot like this up close (102 yards):



at least it can till the barrel gets hot!

This one goes 8 1/2 lbs. unloaded. Brand-new, so I haven't shot it past 100 yards yet, but the groups look promising.

6.5-06 Ackley
24" PacNor #2
M70 Classic/McMillan
Talleys and a VX-3 with an M-1.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...00532/Hope_this_thing_shoots#Post5300532

R700SA, .308
GAP built
Rock #3 BBL.
mcmillan EDGE stock
7.5 pounds

That's a real Bear. Very nice pictures.

Nice rigs guys, thanks for posting.

Scenar: Is that the S&B 10x42 on your GAP 308?

That's correct...a good scope for most of the country I hunt out here..

Nice, how's the balance with the Edge stock and Talley rings? Are you running Badger's DBM in any of your lighter rigs?

I am on this GAP .260...pretty much a knock off of the .308 except Badger M5 bottom and a Templar action with a one piece bolt. It goes a bit heavier with the M5 instead of the Badger M4 hinged floorplate(alloy) on the .308. Plus there is a bit more steel in the tube being it's a smaller diameter bore.(both are #3 Rocks, 24") Balance is very close to the same...right in front of the front guard screw on both rigs. If I had to do the .308 over again, I would go with the M5 as well...

Thanks for the pic, that's the McMillan "compact" Edge pattern? I've got a stock in that pattern on one of my Model 70's and really like it.

Model 70 Coyote in .300 WSM, a tad under 10 pounds. Accurate.

Right on....I agree, it's a nice, trim design with a good feel. Super light and strong. If I recall, I weighed it before I sent the parts to GAP and the stock was only 20 ounces or so...

Thanks Scenar, I was wondering whether the M5 would fit in a Compact pattern stock. That's likely what I'll be ordering when I get around to putting this rifle together.

GuyM: Nice Winchester, the Coyote laminate stocks were pretty nice, similar to the older Winchester Marksman stocks although a tad bulkier in spots.

10.5 lbs and 1000yds



10.5 and something over a mile.