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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1675406" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>Is your weight you're talking about an "all up" weight with scope, base, rings, ammo, sling etc?</p><p></p><p>If so I agree. First and foremost is to not have a lightweight barrel on a long range rifle. Almost everything else can be lightweight. One way you can cheat this a little is by only having a 20" barrel but that cuts back significantly on that all important velocity but then it can be thinner and not have significant whip.</p><p></p><p>The barrels on the Remington Model 7 Custon Shop AWR rifles that were built up until about 10 years ago with the McMillan stocks had a great barrel contour that was about perfect and they were 22". Matched with the great SAUM chamberings they were one of the best compromises I've ever seen for long range shooting and reasonably light weight. I think they were about 7 pounds bare and by the time you had a good scope on them and filled the magazine with ammo you were about 9-10 pounds all up and carried like a dream.</p><p></p><p>They certainly weren't much over 1,000 yard capable but up to there they performed great. I have one in 300SAUM and one in 7mmSAUM and one of them will hopefully get a crack at a long range elk hunt in the next couple of years or at least a muley or antelope.</p><p></p><p>The SAUM chamberings like medium to fast burning powders and therefore perform well in 22" barrels and they're very easy to load for not being very finicky at all and for most hunters a muzzle brake is totally unnecessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1675406, member: 105"] Is your weight you're talking about an "all up" weight with scope, base, rings, ammo, sling etc? If so I agree. First and foremost is to not have a lightweight barrel on a long range rifle. Almost everything else can be lightweight. One way you can cheat this a little is by only having a 20" barrel but that cuts back significantly on that all important velocity but then it can be thinner and not have significant whip. The barrels on the Remington Model 7 Custon Shop AWR rifles that were built up until about 10 years ago with the McMillan stocks had a great barrel contour that was about perfect and they were 22". Matched with the great SAUM chamberings they were one of the best compromises I've ever seen for long range shooting and reasonably light weight. I think they were about 7 pounds bare and by the time you had a good scope on them and filled the magazine with ammo you were about 9-10 pounds all up and carried like a dream. They certainly weren't much over 1,000 yard capable but up to there they performed great. I have one in 300SAUM and one in 7mmSAUM and one of them will hopefully get a crack at a long range elk hunt in the next couple of years or at least a muley or antelope. The SAUM chamberings like medium to fast burning powders and therefore perform well in 22" barrels and they're very easy to load for not being very finicky at all and for most hunters a muzzle brake is totally unnecessary. [/QUOTE]
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