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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 2547316" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I think there's definitely a point of diminishing returns when you start trying to go light weight with a rifle. The lightest rifle I own weighs 6.5lbs and with the scope is 7.75 lbs it's a 300 wsm It's about as light as I will ever go with a rifle. It has a four port titanium beast brake to tame the recoil but you still know when it goes off. For a 30 cal magnum I think 10lbs scoped is a good. It gets hard to justify a magnum cartridge when you have to cut the barrel off at 20" to get it to the weight you want. A 7mm 08 will recoil less at the same weight I'm building a 284 Winchester for my wife that will be about the same weight as my 300 wsm hopefully the recoil is not too obnoxious for her. I'm planning to shoot 162-168 class bullets in it. This build will probably will be close to a 7mm-08 with hopefully around 100 more fps. A good muzzle brake helps a lot. I don't have a suppressor so I can't really tell you what it would do for your recoil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 2547316, member: 55944"] I think there’s definitely a point of diminishing returns when you start trying to go light weight with a rifle. The lightest rifle I own weighs 6.5lbs and with the scope is 7.75 lbs it’s a 300 wsm It’s about as light as I will ever go with a rifle. It has a four port titanium beast brake to tame the recoil but you still know when it goes off. For a 30 cal magnum I think 10lbs scoped is a good. It gets hard to justify a magnum cartridge when you have to cut the barrel off at 20” to get it to the weight you want. A 7mm 08 will recoil less at the same weight I’m building a 284 Winchester for my wife that will be about the same weight as my 300 wsm hopefully the recoil is not too obnoxious for her. I’m planning to shoot 162-168 class bullets in it. This build will probably will be close to a 7mm-08 with hopefully around 100 more fps. A good muzzle brake helps a lot. I don’t have a suppressor so I can’t really tell you what it would do for your recoil. [/QUOTE]
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