light weight rifles?

[Rob Allen]

  I am sure this  topic has been done over and over and over.. and  then maybe one  more  time  after  that.  but I  get the feeling that people really like  talking about it. so along with researching in the archives  I'll ask the question  again.

 Wife's  30-30 Marlin lever gun is too heavy.  I have a  Ruger  American  in 30- 06   it has too much kick  for her.

  I'd like    for her to have a gun she can carry all  day and    something that has better  ballistics than her 30-30.

good balistics.. light  weight... low recoil    mules deer and clearcut  blacktails...   


  suggestions?

[jay.sharkbait]

CZ 527

[JimmyHoffa]

price limit?  kimber makes some lightweight stuff.

[Rob Allen]

say  under $1000

[coachcw]

Tika t3 ultra light in 308 or 270 ,or as age lady hunter or a ruger compact American 7mm 08  shouldn't  be overlooked

[Romulus1297]

These are light.

[coachcw]

He said under a k

[Romulus1297]

 

[Jason]

Ruger American in 7mm-08, then you could top it with a decent scope and still stay under $1,000.

[2labs]

Ruger American in 7mm-08, then you could top it with a decent scope and still stay under $1,000.

Yea, do you want the wife shooting a nicer rifle than you?

[Rob Allen]

Ruger American in 7mm-08, then you could top it with a decent scope and still stay under $1,000.

Yea, do you want the wife shooting a nicer rifle than you?

She is the one who spots all the deer anyway.... I do all the walking then she spots the deer while we drive..

Seriously I hiked a hundred miles during hunting season but both the opportunies came while we were driving

[2labs]

  that sounds right! More than once I've come home from hunting and had them in the yard.

[257wbymagkiller]

Weatherby back country ultralight in .240 wby mag

[kukusya]

Savage lightweight model  11 or model 16 , Browning x bolt, Remington model 7, Howa 1500 alpine

[CAMPMEAT]

My 700 Mountain Lite 25-06 weighs right at 6.5 lbs w/o scope, if I remember right.