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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 1285801" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>6 lb rifle (without optics) is extremely aggressive to shoot out to 1000 yards. Also, adding 2 pounds of optics is going to make for an extremely top heavy rifle that always wants to flop over and it will just balance very awkwardly. </p><p></p><p>I have owned rifles that weighed in the 7.5 - 8 lb range with optics and they are very nice to carry. Some people are probably very good long range shots with them at those lighter weights, and you may be one of them. But in general for most people they are very challenging to shoot consistently at long range. </p><p></p><p>Over time I have settled for a rifle somewhere in the 9-10 lb range. For me that is the sweet spot for the extreme backpack hunts I do but still having enough mass to shoot well. I get all the hype of how much it sucks to carry weight, but it also sucks to track animals a long ways that have been hit poorly. On top of all that, the hunt is the easy part compared to packing out an animal... 1-2 lbs is lost in the noise when you're loaded down with 100+ lbs of meat and gear. </p><p></p><p>I own a custom 338 rum that weighs right at 9.75 with a #4 contour barrel, the Vortex AMG in Hawkins 25 MOA hybrid long range rings in a McMillan Game Scout Edge stock... It's as light as I would ever want a 338. Next barrel might be a #5. </p><p></p><p>And just like Ragnarnar I am having Travis at TS customs build me a 30 Nosler. I am going with the Fuzion Ti action and a #4 Benchmark, and Hawkins BDL triggerguard/floorplate, Picatinny rings and muzzle brake, also in a McMillan Game Scout Edge. I'll be running the new VX6-HD 3-18x50. The whole thing should weigh in somewhere pretty close to 9 lbs +/-</p><p></p><p>I could see the same style build with a 28 Nosler in a Ti action like you are thinking but with more weight in the barrel and less in the optics. Maybe a #3 contour and scope closer to 20 ounces. I think that would weigh in pretty close to 8.5 lbs and have great balance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 1285801, member: 33822"] 6 lb rifle (without optics) is extremely aggressive to shoot out to 1000 yards. Also, adding 2 pounds of optics is going to make for an extremely top heavy rifle that always wants to flop over and it will just balance very awkwardly. I have owned rifles that weighed in the 7.5 - 8 lb range with optics and they are very nice to carry. Some people are probably very good long range shots with them at those lighter weights, and you may be one of them. But in general for most people they are very challenging to shoot consistently at long range. Over time I have settled for a rifle somewhere in the 9-10 lb range. For me that is the sweet spot for the extreme backpack hunts I do but still having enough mass to shoot well. I get all the hype of how much it sucks to carry weight, but it also sucks to track animals a long ways that have been hit poorly. On top of all that, the hunt is the easy part compared to packing out an animal... 1-2 lbs is lost in the noise when you're loaded down with 100+ lbs of meat and gear. I own a custom 338 rum that weighs right at 9.75 with a #4 contour barrel, the Vortex AMG in Hawkins 25 MOA hybrid long range rings in a McMillan Game Scout Edge stock... It's as light as I would ever want a 338. Next barrel might be a #5. And just like Ragnarnar I am having Travis at TS customs build me a 30 Nosler. I am going with the Fuzion Ti action and a #4 Benchmark, and Hawkins BDL triggerguard/floorplate, Picatinny rings and muzzle brake, also in a McMillan Game Scout Edge. I'll be running the new VX6-HD 3-18x50. The whole thing should weigh in somewhere pretty close to 9 lbs +/- I could see the same style build with a 28 Nosler in a Ti action like you are thinking but with more weight in the barrel and less in the optics. Maybe a #3 contour and scope closer to 20 ounces. I think that would weigh in pretty close to 8.5 lbs and have great balance. [/QUOTE]
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