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8 pounds, 8.0 ounces as it currently sits. The scope (and rings) I eventually plan to use will be a little heavier. Predicting 8 lbs, 12 oz.

Mounted a scope on there. I intend to get a VX-6HD, but this will do for a while. Defiance Deviant Hunter action Brux #3 stainless barrel with interrupted fluting, 4 groove, 1:8 twist, 24.75" long Timney trigger McMillan Remington Sporter stock, marbled 40% Light Tan, 35% Olive, 25% Black...

:eek: 8x68 brass was so hard to come by for so long, and it just seems to be becoming more available here. I might've gone with an 8x68S rather than the 8mm Rem Mag but brass was just about impossible to get in the U.S. at the time I bought the Big 8. I know one guy who built his own wildcat...

Unfortunately I still can't just load 'em up and go shoot. I dropped all this off at Coating Specialists in Lubbock today

7 pounds, 4.8 ounces. A little heavier than I expected, but not bad. Leupold VX-6HD 3-18x44mm is listed on their website as 19 ounces. Seekins medium rings I found listed as 2.1 ounces each. So total should come to 8 pounds, 12 ounces. I figured I'd have the whole package right at or maybe even...

Had me a little worried. Glad you got it out.

Whoa, sorry for the huge pics. I was posting from my phone at the gunsmith's shop. Anyway, I brought her home. Gorgeous! I was worried that the barrel would be too light, whippy. It's not. The balance is nice. I was worried that the light tan color would be too light and that maybe I should have...

I've only seen the 8-lb in pictures on the internet. Don't recall ever seeing one in a store. I could probably have a store order it for me.

Anyway, H1000 is plentiful around here. I can get more. Reloader powders are in every store that sells reloading components, but they don't all have all the different ones. I'm not sure I've specifically looked for RL26. I have some RL22 (not for the SS, but for something else). I see that and...

What I have here is the Norma brass stamped NORMA 7mm Rem SAUM. But I'm planning to order some of your Sherman brass with the correct headstamp. . . . So you're saying I'll have to keep them separate and use slightly different loads for each?