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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 482350" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>By back pack hunting, I assume you mean backpacking into a base camp area and hunting from that base camp. My approach would be a little different than yours, depending on how far you want to be able to shoot. For a LR hunting rifle, I wouldn't try to shave too much weight. Maybe a short action in a 24" bbl with a slightly heavier than a standard sporter contour, non fluted. But that's just me. I definitely wouldn't be shooting the cartridges you're looking at through a 22" barrel. You'll be loosing a lot of performance and experience some big muzzle blast. I would go with a short action in 7 WSM (if you like 7mm's). Now, doing an WSM in a short action is going to cramp your ability to use long, high BC bullets in the magazine. I get around this by putting one in the chamber and one down where the nose is above the mag wall.</p><p></p><p>On switch barrel ideas, one of the LRH member gunsmiths who occasionally posts here gave me the idea of hand tightening the barrel to the receiver (properly headspaced of course) and then drill a small hole through the receiver and slightly into the thread of the barrel and tapping it for a set screw. Then index the receiver and barrel so you know where to align the barrel after you take it off and put it back. Any other barrels you put in, use a punch through the set screw hole in the receiver to mark where to drill into the threads for the set screw. Set the set screw and index the barrel to the receiver index. You should be able to swap out a barrel in just a few minutes.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, my backpacking rifle will likely weigh about 7 1/2 - 8 lbs without scope, but you do it the way you like.</p><p></p><p>A Clearidge would probably fairly for a "descent" quality scope. Personally, I would want a NF in the mountains and they aren't known for light weight.</p><p></p><p>Hope it works out well for you and keep us posted on results.</p><p></p><p>-Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 482350, member: 11717"] By back pack hunting, I assume you mean backpacking into a base camp area and hunting from that base camp. My approach would be a little different than yours, depending on how far you want to be able to shoot. For a LR hunting rifle, I wouldn't try to shave too much weight. Maybe a short action in a 24" bbl with a slightly heavier than a standard sporter contour, non fluted. But that's just me. I definitely wouldn't be shooting the cartridges you're looking at through a 22" barrel. You'll be loosing a lot of performance and experience some big muzzle blast. I would go with a short action in 7 WSM (if you like 7mm's). Now, doing an WSM in a short action is going to cramp your ability to use long, high BC bullets in the magazine. I get around this by putting one in the chamber and one down where the nose is above the mag wall. On switch barrel ideas, one of the LRH member gunsmiths who occasionally posts here gave me the idea of hand tightening the barrel to the receiver (properly headspaced of course) and then drill a small hole through the receiver and slightly into the thread of the barrel and tapping it for a set screw. Then index the receiver and barrel so you know where to align the barrel after you take it off and put it back. Any other barrels you put in, use a punch through the set screw hole in the receiver to mark where to drill into the threads for the set screw. Set the set screw and index the barrel to the receiver index. You should be able to swap out a barrel in just a few minutes. Anyway, my backpacking rifle will likely weigh about 7 1/2 - 8 lbs without scope, but you do it the way you like. A Clearidge would probably fairly for a "descent" quality scope. Personally, I would want a NF in the mountains and they aren't known for light weight. Hope it works out well for you and keep us posted on results. -Mark [/QUOTE]
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