Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Magnumitis has been cured. Light weight 308s?!

So far, I really like my Ruger 77 Hawkeye All-Weather in 308. I guess its not a light-weight, but its not really heavy either. Its every bit as trim and handles every bit as well as my M70 Featherweight.

I just wanted something tough-as-nails and weather resistant.

TannerGun,

The .308 Win is excellent for all North American game save the biggest bears. It gives up little or nothing to the venerable '06 when barrel length is 22".

While I have "larger" caliber rifles, my .308 is my preferred big game rifle.

You will be happy with a lightweight .308 Win. You can carry it all day with nary an inconvenience, and it won't recoil you back to the Dark Ages. And best of all, any animal you harvest with it won't know that it gave up its ghost to a .308 Win.


Buena Suerte,

R

Picked up an older Rem 700 ADL, plastic stock, open sights. Stumbled across a McMillan that had been made for Hill Country Rifles for cheap. Knocked the sights off and deep sixed the plastic stock. Added BDL bottom metal to fill the hole in the Mickey.
She ain't much to look at, but she shoots like a laser.

g

This whole thread is making me want to take my Merkel K1 single-shot .308 out again, as it hasn't been hunted for several years. Less than 6-3/4 pound with scope, and the buttstock wood and action engraving sure are purty!

Lightweight .308's are great!

I'd recommend a model 7

I handled a savage lightweight in a wood stock last night, .308
damn, I was impressed. looked like this:





I was seriously impressed. (surprised)

exactly.

I like it. Is the forearm as wide as it looks in the pictures?

It's really not wide at all, it's like a remington model seven (aprox)

light little bugger but I didn't spot any plastic junk on it, I thought it was pretty sweet.

If that particular one I had handled would have been a .243...

I know this is a .308 conversation, but I would like to have one of those or a Blaser in .257 Weatherby.

John

That's what I did about half a year ago and it was one of the smartest moves I've ever made.. Could not be happier!!!!

Remington TI in 308. Great accurate gun.


ddj

Stumbled across a mint ss 308 22" mountain tube the other day at the shop. guy wanted $100 for it. pm me and I can forward info if interested.....

W

Tikka T3 Lite in .308 Win. This has to be the best rifle buy i've made in 10 years. Lite but not too lite so that its hard to hold steady. I have 2 788s and a BLR in .308 and am considering selling them to buy other T3 Lites.

I just handled a Tikka T3 Ultra-Lite in 308. It has the fluted barrel vs the standard barrel. I don't think the rifle weighs 6 pounds. I might have thought twice about my Ruger if I had seen this one first.

I recomfirmed my love of my T3 at the range this afternoon. Its light,easy to shoot well and accurate. I tried three 30-06 loads that I found in the garage. Federal 180gr Partitions,Federal 180gr Accubonds,and Nosler Trophy Grade 165gr Accubonds.

All three were right around an inch,but the coolest part was the POI of the three loads was close enough that I couldn't tell if it was the difference in ammo or the wind causing the difference in impact.

It just seems to shoot everything well.

One thing about a Tikka T3 Lite. Tney only come in long-action. For short-action calibers they block part of the magazine. I guess my point would be, if you're gonna be stuck with a long action, you might as well shoot a long-action cartridge. I have a T3 Lite in .30-06, and it is a splendid rifle. I am considering another one, but this time in .270 Win. If you're not locked into a .308, I would suggest considering a .270 Win, which will give you good performance without beating you up any more than a .308. I'm not dissing the .308, mind you, just saying if you are limited to a long action, make the most of it. The T3 Lite in a long action seems as light as a lot of companies short-action rifles, or lighter.

i would really like to round up another tang safety 77rsi in .308. with a vari-x II 2-7, that made for a cool little lightweight.

I can think of a lot of good rifles in 308 I would say I'd get, but can only say what I got:
7lb 10 oz scoped no ammo balances like I hoped


Mdl 70 Stainless classic featherweight Leupold 4x

that would tempt me too