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Best Lightweight Rifle under $2,000?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 436063" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I have a Weatherby MK. V. lightweight rifle sitting in my gunsafe. Still has the hang tags on it, and I paid a little more than $600 for it. The rifle feels like it's a 7.5lb. gun rather than a 6 3/4lb. gun. It's a long action 30-06. The barrel looks tobe about 22" long, and is very slender. How it shoots I don't know as I'd actually forgoten that I owned it!! So now I gotta round up another Leupold 3x-9x scope.</p><p> </p><p> I hunted with a borrowed Remington 700 Mountain rifle a few years back chambered in .257 Roberts. What more could a guy ask for? I've also hunted with a Ruger lightweight in .257 (out of a safe full of .257's), and it as well was not a bad rifle. I liked the way Ruger cut the stock, but there wasn't anything wrong with the Remington stock as well. But neither of these two rifles are my favorite for a nice lightweight gun. My favorite is an old Marlin MR-7 chambered in 30-06. It's light, shoots good (all three rifles here shoot 3/4" groups at 100 yards). But also not a lot of fun to shoot 180 grain bullets in, but still no where as bad as my .450. I liked the basic build of the gun, and the way they went about it. Has a blind drop box magazine similar to some Brownings (they are small and can easilly be carried in your coat pocket). The action reminds you of a pre 64 Winchester, but with a Remington bolt. Trigger is typical for a hunting rifle, and is set at about 4 lb. The stock is cut similar in shape to a Ruger. I bought the gun to use as a donor for a .338-06AI build, but just shot too good. So now it looks like it's gonna be a MK. V. in .338-06. The build quality of the MR-7 is at least on par with anything out of Remington, and in some ways better</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 436063, member: 25383"] I have a Weatherby MK. V. lightweight rifle sitting in my gunsafe. Still has the hang tags on it, and I paid a little more than $600 for it. The rifle feels like it's a 7.5lb. gun rather than a 6 3/4lb. gun. It's a long action 30-06. The barrel looks tobe about 22" long, and is very slender. How it shoots I don't know as I'd actually forgoten that I owned it!! So now I gotta round up another Leupold 3x-9x scope. I hunted with a borrowed Remington 700 Mountain rifle a few years back chambered in .257 Roberts. What more could a guy ask for? I've also hunted with a Ruger lightweight in .257 (out of a safe full of .257's), and it as well was not a bad rifle. I liked the way Ruger cut the stock, but there wasn't anything wrong with the Remington stock as well. But neither of these two rifles are my favorite for a nice lightweight gun. My favorite is an old Marlin MR-7 chambered in 30-06. It's light, shoots good (all three rifles here shoot 3/4" groups at 100 yards). But also not a lot of fun to shoot 180 grain bullets in, but still no where as bad as my .450. I liked the basic build of the gun, and the way they went about it. Has a blind drop box magazine similar to some Brownings (they are small and can easilly be carried in your coat pocket). The action reminds you of a pre 64 Winchester, but with a Remington bolt. Trigger is typical for a hunting rifle, and is set at about 4 lb. The stock is cut similar in shape to a Ruger. I bought the gun to use as a donor for a .338-06AI build, but just shot too good. So now it looks like it's gonna be a MK. V. in .338-06. The build quality of the MR-7 is at least on par with anything out of Remington, and in some ways better gary [/QUOTE]
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