Backcountry sports
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Look at model 92 cooper backcountry 92 ounce gun
A friend has a 30-06 Ruger American and kick is pretty similar with no brake.
Have the Kimber in 243 and it shoots extremely well both with 100g deer loads and 55g varmint loads. Only down side is the stock is loud when it scraps against my body while slung on my shoulder. Fixed the problem with a stock sleeve for the rounds. Love my 7-08 and like others have stated here it kills everything up to elk, moose and brown bear very well. My first choice for everything bigger than a coyote.I want to buy a sub 6lb factory rifle - I already have a 6.5lb xbolt. I want something lighter. Budget is $2k or less for the rifle. I already have a VX5HD for it. Those currently in the running:
Any others I should consider? I don't want to build one, I want a factory rifle. I am heavily leaning toward a fieldcraft. I haven't shot any of them, but have handled the fieldcraft.
- Barrett Fieldcraft
- Kimber Montana
- Tikka Superlite
Those of you who own a sub 6lb rifle give me some thoughts on your experience - what rifle you own, accuracy, handling, recoil etc.
Caliber will probably be a 7mm08 or 280AI - but really up in the air right now.
I want to buy a sub 6lb factory rifle - I already have a 6.5lb xbolt. I want something lighter. Budget is $2k or less for the rifle. I already have a VX5HD for it. Those currently in the running:
Any others I should consider? I don't want to build one, I want a factory rifle. I am heavily leaning toward a fieldcraft. I haven't shot any of them, but have handled the fieldcraft.
- Barrett Fieldcraft
- Kimber Montana
- Tikka Superlite
Those of you who own a sub 6lb rifle give me some thoughts on your experience - what rifle you own, accuracy, handling, recoil etc.
Caliber will probably be a 7mm08 or 280AI - but really up in the air right now.
Its over 6lbs isnt it?I really like Seekins Havak PH2. It's a Light weight piece of functional, affordable gun art! Definitely worth a look imho.
f buying either a 6.5cm or the 6.5x55. Do you know what speeds you are getting out of the 24" FC?I have a 6.5x55 Swede Fieldcraft. Love the rifle and will buy a Fieldcraft again.
Ounces seem to turn into pounds after a few days of hoofing it up and down canyons and ridges. Having a 6.5lb scoped rifle good out to 7 or 8 hundred yards seems life changing.I'm going to ask, why under 6 pounds? Is it need because 6.5lb is just too heavy or about the journey and just to see if it can be done? You could remove the scope from your existing gun and install a peep sight.
I don't understand why anyone needs a break on anything smaller than 300wm.
I'm going to ask, why under 6 pounds? Is it need because 6.5lb is just too heavy or about the journey and just to see if it can be done? You could remove the scope from your existing gun and install a peep sight.
Not needed, don't want one, extra barrel length (which ironically adds weight to the rifle), LOUDER.It makes shooting lightweight rifles much more accurate especially form field positions. I don't understand why anyone would not use a brake.
Nope. No plans to either. Sheep country or not light rifles are nice to have and none of my rifles are much over 8.5 pounds. No issues shooting 7mm08, 270 win, 280rem in mountain rifles, offhand, or "field" position, even from the bench. These aren't ultra light but are lightweight 7.5 or less.Have you ever hunted in "sheep country"?