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Sub 6 pound 1000 yard rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1168155" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>The idea they add weight is true, but negligible. My "big' rifle is a .300 RUM neck down to 6.5mm with the shoulder pushed back about .100". The barrel without the brake is 26". The brake added 2 1/2 ounces. It did add $225 to the cost.</p><p></p><p>The other argument holds no water. I did a test with one of my rifles. I had it barreled at 28" and installed a brake. The whole Western Oregon season is about five weeks long. I hunted almost every day on the coast side and carried that rifle. There was no extra effort made to miss limbs or brush. In all that time I noticed one time only when, if the barrel was 24" it would have cleared a limb on a bush. No other time did it hit something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1168155, member: 70559"] The idea they add weight is true, but negligible. My "big' rifle is a .300 RUM neck down to 6.5mm with the shoulder pushed back about .100". The barrel without the brake is 26". The brake added 2 1/2 ounces. It did add $225 to the cost. The other argument holds no water. I did a test with one of my rifles. I had it barreled at 28" and installed a brake. The whole Western Oregon season is about five weeks long. I hunted almost every day on the coast side and carried that rifle. There was no extra effort made to miss limbs or brush. In all that time I noticed one time only when, if the barrel was 24" it would have cleared a limb on a bush. No other time did it hit something. [/QUOTE]
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