Sub MOA my Rem. 700 - .300 Win. Mag. -- 5lb Rifle????

[Bob33]

I have an Rem Alaskan Ti in 300 WM.  7.25 pounds loaded, with the sling, and the ultra light Leupold 3-9 scope.  It is a dream to carry.  It is pure punishment to shoot her on the range.  It has the fluted bolt and barrel and a Titanium receiver.  Not sure how you would reduce the weight much beyond that other than modify the stock in some manner.

That scope weighs 10 ounces.  Add a few ounces for the mounts, and maybe 6 ounces for the sling.  That means the gun itself is probably around 6 1/4.  A 5 pound gun would end up at around 6 with your gear.  Extremely light.

I have a Tikka T3 in 30-06 with the Leupold 3-9 Ultralight.  The gun itself is 6 lbs, 3 oz.  It is on the borderline of being "challenging" to shoot.  I can't imagine what it would be like at 5 pounds, much less if it were a 300 Magnum. 

[Rob]

Agreed.

The nice thing is, while she is a punisher on the range, I don't even feel the recoil in the field.  Gotta love the rush of excitement!

[whacker1]

add the few ounces of a muzzle brake, and you won't even mind shooting it on the range. 

[Rob]

hmmm...  that had not occurred to me....

Sounds like something to add to the list!

No to hijack the thread, but if anyone knows of a good gunsmith on the west side who has experience doing this kind of work, I'd love to have the contact info PM'd to me.

[Rick]

I'd skip the entire build and buy a NULA model 28 for $3400

5 3/4lbs before scope.

[whacker1]

Rob - pm sent

[h2ofowlr]

Once the scope is added I will probably be in the 6lb range. 

[MichaelJ]

Ok, lets first define what the heck you're goals are for this gun?  How far do you intend to shoot?  I assume it's a hunting-only gun as you'll never want to shoot that sucker at the range for long periods of time.  What are you're goals and why the huge weight limit?

Michael

[h2ofowlr]

Looking for a light rifle for packing and one that can reach out with good accuracy.  I used to shoot a lot of long range competition in the past haven't done it for about 6 years, but looking to get back into it.  Wanted to build a light rifle this time instead a 12 +lb 1000 yard rifle.
My dads friend used to work on some of our custom bench rest rifles in the past, but those aren't for packing.

[high country]

if you can get your desired weight up to about 6.5lbs all up, you can do it easily and repeatably......that last part you understand. for the $$ the ti action is a good start. I had a christensen....one was enough for me. never again.

[jackelope]

I guess I never understood the need to spend an extra $1500-2000 to save yourself a half pound. Leave something else out of your pack like a GPS or something like that.
  makes a lot more sense to me...unless you have a lot of $$ to burn.

[jackelope]

I'm not a gun guru by any stretch but what I've heard about those Christensen rifles is not too impressive to me.

[MichaelJ]

Shoot.... I'd be happy with a 7.5 lb rifle that shoots sub MOA groups with a good scope to reach out to 600-800 yards for hunting...  Agreed 110% with Jackelope, why spend the extra $$$ to save a lb?  Go check out SniperHide.com and do a search for the 300 WM hunting rifle and you'll see what a lot of guys are using...

If I were you, I'd pick up a good sporter stock with full aluminum bedding block, Rock Creek barrel, pretty sure they make a Carbon fiber wrapped barrel or they can get you a fluted barrel, call them direct and tell them your goals and they'll recommend a twist rate and length, if you're gonna be shooting the heavier bullets you're probably gonna be in the 1 in 9" twist rate range I'm guessing, and they should thread it for your muzzle brake as well, have a smith true up your action, buy a fluted bolt or have you're stock one fluted, and call it good...  Anything past this and you're getting into some SERIOUS money for not a whole lot of gains....  Just my .02

If you're gonna be shooting at any distance, you're probably gonna have a bi-pod as well which is gonna add some weight, throw in a few ounces for a good picatinny 10 or 20 MOA base from Seekins Precision in Lewiston ID as well as their 6 screw rings and top it with your scope of choice and you're good to go...  Still gonna be very manageable weight wise for carry... if you bitch about a 7 lb gun for hunting that can reach out to near or at 1000 yards then you need to grow a set... just my     

Michael

[257 Wby Mag]

I'd skip the entire build and buy a NULA model 28 for $3400

5 3/4lbs before scope./ Quote


Or a Weatherby Ultra Lightweight 300 win for $1200.00 that will shoot sub/moa. Or better yet, a 300 Roy @6 3/4lbs...

[high country]

may your ulw webby treat you better then mine. oh, and there is a big difference in the handling dept between a  stock rem ti and the ulw......winner ti in my hands. I was going to try to stock mine in an edge to get it down to where the ti was, but the groups never did much better then an inch, so I was not about to drop a bunch of $ to lighten it up