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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #30 on: March 10, 2011, 12:26:04 PM »
How light can one of these types of guns be made?  I'd rather give up some distance that haul 14 pounds over hill and dale.
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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #31 on: March 10, 2011, 12:29:05 PM »
How light can one of these types of guns be made?  I'd rather give up some distance that haul 14 pounds over hill and dale.

Im not sure about that exact model,
But Shawn makes some Sheep hunting rifles that are VERY light and still can shoot a heck of a long ways
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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2011, 12:33:19 PM »
Looking at their website it looks like their Grand Slam rifle comes in at 5.9 lbs, and a couple others around the 6 lb mark.

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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #33 on: March 10, 2011, 12:38:43 PM »
How light can one of these types of guns be made?  I'd rather give up some distance that haul 14 pounds over hill and dale.
Bob, I think the point of those guns is so you don't have to hike with it.  Link your scope to the satellite....download the GPS and National Weather Service data....fire.....go get animal. :chuckle:
I had a buddy bring a 30+lb .50 BMG cougar hunting this year....after the first river crossing and mountain climb in the Queets rainforest he was cursing his choice of rifle.  But as the weight drops, the recoil will increase.  And it appears they are firing some cartridges that pack a bang, so they've probably found a tolerable weight for both packing and recoil.

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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #34 on: March 10, 2011, 12:45:58 PM »
ya I would rather take the recoil then carry the weight, get a recoil reducer but pad for the rifle

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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #35 on: March 10, 2011, 12:47:49 PM »
ya I would rather take the recoil then carry the weight, get a recoil reducer but pad for the rifle

Ill take the weight, my shoulder is wimpy! :chuckle:
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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #36 on: March 10, 2011, 01:00:03 PM »
they make a shoulder pad that looks lightweight, but Im not a big fan of hard recoil either, just bought a 300 win mag only put 15 rounds through it and had to send it back to remington but I started feeling it after a 5 shot group

ya I would rather take the recoil then carry the weight, get a recoil reducer but pad for the rifle

Ill take the weight, my shoulder is wimpy! :chuckle:

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Re: Sweet new Long range rifle!
« Reply #37 on: March 10, 2011, 01:01:58 PM »
they make a shoulder pad that looks lightweight, but Im not a big fan of hard recoil either, just bought a 300 win mag only put 15 rounds through it and had to send it back to remington but I started feeling it after a 5 shot group

ya I would rather take the recoil then carry the weight, get a recoil reducer but pad for the rifle

Ill take the weight, my shoulder is wimpy! :chuckle:

Shoot, 5 shots out of a .17 HMR and I feel it ;)
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