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<blockquote data-quote="Ridgerunner665" data-source="post: 848795" data-attributes="member: 12660"><p>Here is what I built for a similar purpose...</p><p></p><p>FN/Winchester model 70</p><p>McMillan Supergrade stock (action bedded in MarineTex)</p><p>Vortex Viper HS 4-16x44mm scope</p><p>Exactly 9 lbs...loaded and ready to hunt...not really a lightweight, but its not overly heavy either...and its a sweet shooter even when running full bore.</p><p></p><p>I was gonna rebarrel it to 280AI...but the factory 30-06 barrel shoots way too good to waste, so I left it a 30-06 and to be honest...I'm very glad I did.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/2012-11-16_14-47-36_692.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/2012-11-16_14-47-36_692.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>It had no trouble at all reaching that tree line last year...thats a tick over 400 yards...doesn't really look like it in this pic, but it is.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/2012-11-17_12-58-41_811.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/2012-11-17_12-58-41_811.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The result of that shot...the only deer taken with the rifle so far...I don't normally kill the little guys, but I was anxious to get some blood on the new rifle...I put it right in his spine, dropped him where he stood....he was almost directly facing me, but quartering just a little...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/2012-11-18_08-56-17_237.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/2012-11-18_08-56-17_237.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Shoots pretty decent...this load was 175 grain Bergers, one of the first I tried in the completed rifle...I have since tightened it up a bit by changing the seating depth and sizing brass to fit the chamber...if that won't get me meat at 600 yards, I'll pack it in and go home.</p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/photobucket-3154-1349794648260.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/photobucket-3154-1349794648260.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridgerunner665, post: 848795, member: 12660"] Here is what I built for a similar purpose... FN/Winchester model 70 McMillan Supergrade stock (action bedded in MarineTex) Vortex Viper HS 4-16x44mm scope Exactly 9 lbs...loaded and ready to hunt...not really a lightweight, but its not overly heavy either...and its a sweet shooter even when running full bore. I was gonna rebarrel it to 280AI...but the factory 30-06 barrel shoots way too good to waste, so I left it a 30-06 and to be honest...I'm very glad I did. [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/2012-11-16_14-47-36_692.jpg.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/2012-11-16_14-47-36_692.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It had no trouble at all reaching that tree line last year...thats a tick over 400 yards...doesn't really look like it in this pic, but it is. [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/2012-11-17_12-58-41_811.jpg.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/2012-11-17_12-58-41_811.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The result of that shot...the only deer taken with the rifle so far...I don't normally kill the little guys, but I was anxious to get some blood on the new rifle...I put it right in his spine, dropped him where he stood....he was almost directly facing me, but quartering just a little... [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/2012-11-18_08-56-17_237.jpg.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/2012-11-18_08-56-17_237.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Shoots pretty decent...this load was 175 grain Bergers, one of the first I tried in the completed rifle...I have since tightened it up a bit by changing the seating depth and sizing brass to fit the chamber...if that won't get me meat at 600 yards, I'll pack it in and go home. [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/photobucket-3154-1349794648260.jpg.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/photobucket-3154-1349794648260.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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