Guns your packing in with??

[jmden]

Could you give us the specs and a pic of that 7 lb. 300RUM of yours?

Originally Posted by Brambles

Not really a "LongRange" mainly because I don't have the huge scope on it but its a rifle but I built it for backpack hunting. I live in the Rocky Mountans of British Columbia and lightweight gear and Rifles is what I like.

Its a

-Remington m700 Titanium Action,
-trued and squared
-match recoil lug
-Lothar Walther SS Featherweight contour barrel 23.125
-Chambered in 280 Ackley Improved
-11 deg Target crown
-Tubbs titanium firing pin, aluminum shroud and match spring
-Factory trigger set to 3.5 lbs
-MPI Nitro Ultralight stock finished at 17 ounces
-Pillar bedded and glass bedded
-Talley one piece Rings/Bases
-Leupold VXII ultralite scope long range duplex reticle
-BDL bottom metal

weighs 5 lbs 10 ounces with the scope and is a dream to carry all day long.
I do all my own stock work so most of my rifles get new stock, restocking with aftermarket stock gets pretty reasonable $$$ when you do all work yourself.




Other backpack rifle projects on the go are a
-Remington Titanium 260 Rem, trying to get to under 5lbs scoped
-Wildcat stocked M700 CDL SF 7mm-08 7lbs scoped
-Bansner stocked M700 300 ultra mag, 7lbs scoped

[jmden]

No, it's the laminated Remington 'LSS' stock that the rifle came with. I just lightened it a bit.

Originally Posted by tippet

JMDen, what make is the stock? Is that a Richard's?

LOL I know this thread is kinda old but what the heck.

[Brambles]

Originally Posted by jmden

Could you give us the specs and a pic of that 7 lb. 300RUM of yours?

Sorry I just sold it and don't have any pictures. I never got it down to the 7lbs scoped, I was going to swap out the barrel for a lighter one but I sold it before that could happen

[petenz]

all my hunting is 'backpack' hunting,

My current main rifle is my remington 700 stainless with aftermarket laminate stock, in .270win. It has a leupold vxiii 3.5-10x40 in talley rings with an anti-cant level, jard trigger and weighs around 7.5lbs scoped. 24" barrel shoots 140gr Accubonds at 3,000+ for .75MOA


My other rifle, which is definitely not for long range, is still getting built but it is based on a remington model 7 action, 20" stainless MAB barrel, chambered in 6x45mm(6mm223), 1:8" twist and factory model 7 contour. It will be bedded into the aforementioned high-tech stock, with a Leupold Mk4 2.5-8x36 M2 in talley rings