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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 71246" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Bucknutz,</p><p></p><p>Yes, she has a pretty long pipe, 30"+ the brake. This is what I call my Extreme Heavy Sporter. It is built on a Savage receiver basically as an experiment to see how accurate I could get this receiver to shoot. As you can see there is no Savage barrel locking nut system and the barrel is fitted in the same fashion as a Rem 700. Is this system better, don't know but this rifle sure shoots well.</p><p></p><p>The rifle as seen in the pics weights right at 11 lbs. Not overly heavy and welcome for extreme range shooting but for the +4 mile hike I put in that day it was a bit heavy when you add the weight of my pack and all my accessary gear, spotter, binos, rangefinder, knives, camera, extra water, gets a little heavy.</p><p></p><p>I am designing a new "Extreme Light Sporter" as we speak. The first one will be a 257 Allen Mag. I already have the barrel which is a 30" #5 contour compared to the #6 Pac Nor on the 270 Allen Mag. The #6 Pac Nor splits the difference in size between the Lilja #7 and #6 so it is a pretty heafty barrel. </p><p></p><p>The Lilja #5 is quite slim for a full 30" and as such I had Dan flute the barrel with his heavy 50 BMG style flutes to help control barrel vibration as well as drop weight. Simply using this barrel will drop nearly 2 lbs off the rifle alone bringing the rifle weight to right at 9 lbs ready to hunt.</p><p></p><p>This barrel was the very first barrel built with the new 1-7" tooling I had Dan get for the 257 Allen Mag. Not only does it work great with this horse of a round but will turn the likes of the 257 Wby and 25 WSM into true extreme range rounds with the use of the new 257 ULDs on the market like the 142 gr and huge 156 gr ULD RBBT Wildcat bullets.</p><p></p><p>On top of that I will be using a McMillan stock. I have not decided which model yet, either the BDL model with the light Wby fill or one of their new Hunters Edge stocks with a weight of 25 oz!</p><p></p><p>This would bring the total rifle weight down to the 8 1/4 lb range. The only thing that has me wondering is how stiff the ultra light Hunters Edge stock will be in the forend.</p><p></p><p>Would much rather had an extra lb of rifle weight then a stock that is flexing on the bipod.This is the reason the stock has not been ordered yet.</p><p></p><p>Should still get in the 8.5 to 8 3/4 lb range with the Extreme Light Sporter. Either way you look at it, it will be vastly better then that heavy Savage based rifle I used on the last two hunts. Can not complain about performance though.</p><p></p><p>Getting full performance from these rounds in a light weight big game rifle is not always easy but I think things are getting tuned up very well. So far I have been very happy. I also offer the option for a 26" and 28" barrel with the usual velocity drop but increased manuverability if a hunter desires a livelier rifle.</p><p></p><p>Good Shooting</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 71246, member: 10"] Bucknutz, Yes, she has a pretty long pipe, 30"+ the brake. This is what I call my Extreme Heavy Sporter. It is built on a Savage receiver basically as an experiment to see how accurate I could get this receiver to shoot. As you can see there is no Savage barrel locking nut system and the barrel is fitted in the same fashion as a Rem 700. Is this system better, don't know but this rifle sure shoots well. The rifle as seen in the pics weights right at 11 lbs. Not overly heavy and welcome for extreme range shooting but for the +4 mile hike I put in that day it was a bit heavy when you add the weight of my pack and all my accessary gear, spotter, binos, rangefinder, knives, camera, extra water, gets a little heavy. I am designing a new "Extreme Light Sporter" as we speak. The first one will be a 257 Allen Mag. I already have the barrel which is a 30" #5 contour compared to the #6 Pac Nor on the 270 Allen Mag. The #6 Pac Nor splits the difference in size between the Lilja #7 and #6 so it is a pretty heafty barrel. The Lilja #5 is quite slim for a full 30" and as such I had Dan flute the barrel with his heavy 50 BMG style flutes to help control barrel vibration as well as drop weight. Simply using this barrel will drop nearly 2 lbs off the rifle alone bringing the rifle weight to right at 9 lbs ready to hunt. This barrel was the very first barrel built with the new 1-7" tooling I had Dan get for the 257 Allen Mag. Not only does it work great with this horse of a round but will turn the likes of the 257 Wby and 25 WSM into true extreme range rounds with the use of the new 257 ULDs on the market like the 142 gr and huge 156 gr ULD RBBT Wildcat bullets. On top of that I will be using a McMillan stock. I have not decided which model yet, either the BDL model with the light Wby fill or one of their new Hunters Edge stocks with a weight of 25 oz! This would bring the total rifle weight down to the 8 1/4 lb range. The only thing that has me wondering is how stiff the ultra light Hunters Edge stock will be in the forend. Would much rather had an extra lb of rifle weight then a stock that is flexing on the bipod.This is the reason the stock has not been ordered yet. Should still get in the 8.5 to 8 3/4 lb range with the Extreme Light Sporter. Either way you look at it, it will be vastly better then that heavy Savage based rifle I used on the last two hunts. Can not complain about performance though. Getting full performance from these rounds in a light weight big game rifle is not always easy but I think things are getting tuned up very well. So far I have been very happy. I also offer the option for a 26" and 28" barrel with the usual velocity drop but increased manuverability if a hunter desires a livelier rifle. Good Shooting Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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