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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 859756" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>CoBrad & Wildrose</p><p></p><p>Not really anybody arguing that heavy doesn't shoot well. I carried a 15lb gun in the field for years. The real question is: can the same stability be achieve at a lighter weight? I would think so. During the Civil War slug guns weighing 35 - 40lbs did serve on both sides as sniping platforms achieving remarkable shots. Some of those gunsmiths used to "swamp" their barrels which is planing (filing) the flats narrower along the body of the barrel between breach and muzzle. They did that to save weight and shoot just as well. We can apply today's technology to accomplish similar results.</p><p></p><p>Say we start with a full bodied stock for form stability but make it from Carbon Fiber / Aramid and a skeletonized aluminum or titanium bedding block. Add a thick barrel - more than an inch stem to stern - but instead of "swamping" it we cut flutes through the body starting an inch or two in front of the chamber and stopping several inches from the muzzle keeping the weight forward. One piece ring/base combinations are what I use now because 1) I don't ever take off my scopes anymore. 2) No iron sights on a long range gun. 3) They are surprisingly lighter than traditional mounting systems. 4) Most important, they are ridged as a rock. More so than any two piece system can be. Want to save a pound on a rifle's weight? Shave an ounce in sixteen places.</p><p></p><p>It is possible to get a 10lb rifle to hold as well as a 13lb rifle. Not out of the box but it can be done. There just hasn't been the effort or movement among us to do so.</p><p></p><p>Not yet anyhow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 859756, member: 51650"] CoBrad & Wildrose Not really anybody arguing that heavy doesn't shoot well. I carried a 15lb gun in the field for years. The real question is: can the same stability be achieve at a lighter weight? I would think so. During the Civil War slug guns weighing 35 - 40lbs did serve on both sides as sniping platforms achieving remarkable shots. Some of those gunsmiths used to "swamp" their barrels which is planing (filing) the flats narrower along the body of the barrel between breach and muzzle. They did that to save weight and shoot just as well. We can apply today's technology to accomplish similar results. Say we start with a full bodied stock for form stability but make it from Carbon Fiber / Aramid and a skeletonized aluminum or titanium bedding block. Add a thick barrel - more than an inch stem to stern - but instead of "swamping" it we cut flutes through the body starting an inch or two in front of the chamber and stopping several inches from the muzzle keeping the weight forward. One piece ring/base combinations are what I use now because 1) I don't ever take off my scopes anymore. 2) No iron sights on a long range gun. 3) They are surprisingly lighter than traditional mounting systems. 4) Most important, they are ridged as a rock. More so than any two piece system can be. Want to save a pound on a rifle's weight? Shave an ounce in sixteen places. It is possible to get a 10lb rifle to hold as well as a 13lb rifle. Not out of the box but it can be done. There just hasn't been the effort or movement among us to do so. Not yet anyhow. [/QUOTE]
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