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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 3073452" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>Drink an extra bottle of water before you go. Take that 16-20oz out of your projected pack weight, and add it to the rifle. Violá, done. </p><p></p><p>Give me an 8-9# rifle scoped/suppressed all day. I would much rather have a rifle easier to shoot well. Heck, most of my hunting rifles are 9-10.5#.</p><p></p><p>A 6.5SS or 6.5PRC/SI pushing a 156 @ 3000fps is no slouch for recoil. 24" makes 3000fps easily. Manageable, but still pops. </p><p></p><p>A 25SST would push a 133 @ 3050+ in a 20". I know guys who kill bull elk with this combo. Not my ideal choice for elk, personally. There is also the Chinchaga bullets that have 145 and 163gr bullets available. </p><p></p><p>7mm 150 bullets don't have very good BC. I would go 6.5mm w. 140-156s way before I would go 7mm 150s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 3073452, member: 68875"] Drink an extra bottle of water before you go. Take that 16-20oz out of your projected pack weight, and add it to the rifle. Violá, done. Give me an 8-9# rifle scoped/suppressed all day. I would much rather have a rifle easier to shoot well. Heck, most of my hunting rifles are 9-10.5#. A 6.5SS or 6.5PRC/SI pushing a 156 @ 3000fps is no slouch for recoil. 24" makes 3000fps easily. Manageable, but still pops. A 25SST would push a 133 @ 3050+ in a 20". I know guys who kill bull elk with this combo. Not my ideal choice for elk, personally. There is also the Chinchaga bullets that have 145 and 163gr bullets available. 7mm 150 bullets don't have very good BC. I would go 6.5mm w. 140-156s way before I would go 7mm 150s. [/QUOTE]
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