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<blockquote data-quote="Clay Target Guy" data-source="post: 824785" data-attributes="member: 68920"><p>I have a 260 in a Remington model 7 that tips the scales at 6lbs straight up. </p><p>I have had light weight rifles in bigger cal. all the way up to and including a 300 RUM that went just over 7.5 lbs (that was too much of a good thing for me).</p><p>I built a 7mm WSM that was 7 lbs scoped out and it was not fun to shoot from the bench unless you had the muzzle brake installed. </p><p> </p><p>Just what I have learned is that when you lighten a rifle up be sure you think about what round you are building around. The recoil gets real stiff in a hurry as the rifle looses weight. </p><p>For me, my 270 WSM that was just a tick over 7 lbs scoped out was about all I wanted shooting 130 gr bullets. Much more recoil and it would not be fun at all.</p><p> </p><p>My 260 will shoot a 100 gr bullet at 3275 FPS and recoil is not bad at all. This is what I hunt with most all the time now and have sold all my other light rifles (they looked good on paper but after shoulder surgery, they were not fun to shoot). I will admit that the 100gr might be light for elk, but you can always jump up to a 140 gr for that.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s112.photobucket.com/user/jkwillou/media/260%20LIGHT%20WEIGHT/weighin005.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/jkwillou/260%20LIGHT%20WEIGHT/weighin005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clay Target Guy, post: 824785, member: 68920"] I have a 260 in a Remington model 7 that tips the scales at 6lbs straight up. I have had light weight rifles in bigger cal. all the way up to and including a 300 RUM that went just over 7.5 lbs (that was too much of a good thing for me). I built a 7mm WSM that was 7 lbs scoped out and it was not fun to shoot from the bench unless you had the muzzle brake installed. Just what I have learned is that when you lighten a rifle up be sure you think about what round you are building around. The recoil gets real stiff in a hurry as the rifle looses weight. For me, my 270 WSM that was just a tick over 7 lbs scoped out was about all I wanted shooting 130 gr bullets. Much more recoil and it would not be fun at all. My 260 will shoot a 100 gr bullet at 3275 FPS and recoil is not bad at all. This is what I hunt with most all the time now and have sold all my other light rifles (they looked good on paper but after shoulder surgery, they were not fun to shoot). I will admit that the 100gr might be light for elk, but you can always jump up to a 140 gr for that. [URL="http://s112.photobucket.com/user/jkwillou/media/260%20LIGHT%20WEIGHT/weighin005.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/jkwillou/260%20LIGHT%20WEIGHT/weighin005.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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