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Mountain/Do-it-all rifle build suggestions.
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<blockquote data-quote="Crockett12" data-source="post: 1569542" data-attributes="member: 35100"><p>I haven't read all the posts in this thread so forgive me if someone else has given you this information. </p><p>I didn;t see where you mentioned your age and neither did I see you mention you want a light weight rifle. However, the older you get, the lighter you'll want your rifles to be. Therefore you'll probably be happier longer with a lighter rifle than with a heavier rifle! A 9 pound nor a 8 pound rifle is NOT a light weight rifle! </p><p>Considering that, you can get the same ballistics with a short action today as with a long action. The short action will save a lot of weight. The short Rem M-700 action will save 3 ounces over the long M-700 Rem and the Rem M-7 action will save even more. I haven't found how much the Rem M-7 action weighs but it's probably somewhere around 1/2 pound lighter than the Rem M-700 long action. </p><p>If you go with a Leupold 4.5x14 40mm scope rather than the 50mm, you'll save about 3.5 oz. That's a total of about 3/4 lb! You'll also save weight on a carbon barrel and a lightweight stock as well as light weight scope mounts. </p><p>Altogether, if you pay attention to the weight of each component, you can likely save up to 2 pounds of overall weight. Two pounds may not sound like much but the older you get -- the heavier two pounds becomes – especially multiplied by 7 days of hunting over mountains!</p><p>Granted you may not want the extra recoil that'll give you at the shot, but considering you should only have to shoot once at a game animal, I'd take the heavier recoil of a 270 WSM or 323 WSM in a Rem- M-7 action or short Rem M-700 action rather than the extra 2 pounds of rifle weight carried over mountains for the week of hunting to find that game animal!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crockett12, post: 1569542, member: 35100"] I haven't read all the posts in this thread so forgive me if someone else has given you this information. I didn;t see where you mentioned your age and neither did I see you mention you want a light weight rifle. However, the older you get, the lighter you'll want your rifles to be. Therefore you'll probably be happier longer with a lighter rifle than with a heavier rifle! A 9 pound nor a 8 pound rifle is NOT a light weight rifle! Considering that, you can get the same ballistics with a short action today as with a long action. The short action will save a lot of weight. The short Rem M-700 action will save 3 ounces over the long M-700 Rem and the Rem M-7 action will save even more. I haven't found how much the Rem M-7 action weighs but it's probably somewhere around 1/2 pound lighter than the Rem M-700 long action. If you go with a Leupold 4.5x14 40mm scope rather than the 50mm, you'll save about 3.5 oz. That's a total of about 3/4 lb! You'll also save weight on a carbon barrel and a lightweight stock as well as light weight scope mounts. Altogether, if you pay attention to the weight of each component, you can likely save up to 2 pounds of overall weight. Two pounds may not sound like much but the older you get -- the heavier two pounds becomes – especially multiplied by 7 days of hunting over mountains! Granted you may not want the extra recoil that’ll give you at the shot, but considering you should only have to shoot once at a game animal, I’d take the heavier recoil of a 270 WSM or 323 WSM in a Rem- M-7 action or short Rem M-700 action rather than the extra 2 pounds of rifle weight carried over mountains for the week of hunting to find that game animal! [/QUOTE]
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