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<blockquote data-quote="7magcreedmoor" data-source="post: 1041977" data-attributes="member: 48559"><p>I put together a custom this past year on a 111 action. My PacNor #6 contour 26 inch microfluted (10 grooves) barrel, a Boyds's Tacticool stock and Vortex Viper HSLR weighs 12 pounds empty. You mentioned recoil sensitivity, so I suggest NOT trying to make the rifle lighter. I am shooting 280 Ackley Improved, sending out Berger 168 grain VLDs @ 3015 fps, with a JP Industries brake and a Limbsaver pad, with very mild recoil. For a 7mm-08, 22 inches of barrel should give reasonable velocity, and save some weight length-wise, but I wouldn't go smaller than #5 contour for diameter. Getting her the right length-of-pull, and using an adjustable cheek-piece will go a long way toward giving her the best experience in long (I mean shooting more rounds, not farther) range sessions. If you want the rifle to be lighter than 10 pounds, go with your 260 case, or a 6.5 Creedmoor to lighten up the bullet, as this brings recoil reduction without giving up effectiveness at the ranges you specify. My Ruger M77 mk2 is in a Boyds laminate JRS, has a 25.5 inch ER Shaw varmint helical fluted barrel and tips the scale at 10lbs even. Recoil is very mild from the Creedmoor with 140 grainers at 2740fps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7magcreedmoor, post: 1041977, member: 48559"] I put together a custom this past year on a 111 action. My PacNor #6 contour 26 inch microfluted (10 grooves) barrel, a Boyds's Tacticool stock and Vortex Viper HSLR weighs 12 pounds empty. You mentioned recoil sensitivity, so I suggest NOT trying to make the rifle lighter. I am shooting 280 Ackley Improved, sending out Berger 168 grain VLDs @ 3015 fps, with a JP Industries brake and a Limbsaver pad, with very mild recoil. For a 7mm-08, 22 inches of barrel should give reasonable velocity, and save some weight length-wise, but I wouldn't go smaller than #5 contour for diameter. Getting her the right length-of-pull, and using an adjustable cheek-piece will go a long way toward giving her the best experience in long (I mean shooting more rounds, not farther) range sessions. If you want the rifle to be lighter than 10 pounds, go with your 260 case, or a 6.5 Creedmoor to lighten up the bullet, as this brings recoil reduction without giving up effectiveness at the ranges you specify. My Ruger M77 mk2 is in a Boyds laminate JRS, has a 25.5 inch ER Shaw varmint helical fluted barrel and tips the scale at 10lbs even. Recoil is very mild from the Creedmoor with 140 grainers at 2740fps. [/QUOTE]
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