Im in the process of building a new rifle and though I like the looks of classic stocks, I prefer shooting with a chassis. I have a savage .260 that wears an XLR chassis and I love it, but my god, it weighs more than my truck. With that said, I'm putting together a new .300 WM.
I just bought an ARC nucleus long action with 20 moa base.
I plan to build it with a 28" carbon 6 bull (3.3xx lbs estimate per them).
The interesting thing is XLR has their "element 3.0" magnesium chassis, with the lightest setup they claim 28 oz! If I'm reading correctly that's completely dressed including their carbon buttstock and grip!.
That seems to weigh even less than the traditional rifle stock with bottom metal.
So, for those of you that hunt with a chassis, what is the weight of your setup? What are you hunting with it, and how far are you carrying it? Is there anything else I should be looking at for stock/chassis options that is lightweight? This will MOSTLY be taken along for plinking but I will be packing it in CO for elk. For reference, The rifle I took last year was a browning max LR with 24" bartlein weighing in at 12lbs dressed.
I just bought an ARC nucleus long action with 20 moa base.
I plan to build it with a 28" carbon 6 bull (3.3xx lbs estimate per them).
The interesting thing is XLR has their "element 3.0" magnesium chassis, with the lightest setup they claim 28 oz! If I'm reading correctly that's completely dressed including their carbon buttstock and grip!.
That seems to weigh even less than the traditional rifle stock with bottom metal.
So, for those of you that hunt with a chassis, what is the weight of your setup? What are you hunting with it, and how far are you carrying it? Is there anything else I should be looking at for stock/chassis options that is lightweight? This will MOSTLY be taken along for plinking but I will be packing it in CO for elk. For reference, The rifle I took last year was a browning max LR with 24" bartlein weighing in at 12lbs dressed.