Hunting/Hiking with a chassis based rifle?

yes tikka ctr in an mdt lss xl... works great with the right sling setup,(just a magpul with qd two point) also run those mlock slot rubber covers for the cold weather. I sling the rifle muzzle down in front, it actualy works slick with a pack on becuase it kinda brings you back into balance. honestly after carrying it for days/miles ect this way i have come to the realization that sling mounts are in the wrong place on "sporting" rifles.... you don't realy have the options of finding that out until you get one of these lego set rifles.
 
I run a Christensen MPR in .308 in a single point sling with a 16” barrel and a spartan bipod, wouldn’t change the setup for anything else it’s light, accurate and points true.. love being able to have it on my pack or back and the barrel doesn’t stick past my head, box magazine is a huge plus and pistol grip makes standing freehand or prone shots a breeze.
 
just got this one yesterday, same as previous post, an MPR 308 with 16'' right now I put my Bushnell LRTS but the pan is to sit my Swaro Z5, just waiting the rings

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I just bought a used MDT LSS Chassis for a Ruger 77, it was a drop in fit for a Ruger Compact, 7 08. MDT said the Chassis may need modifications, so far no, the other option was to use it for my Gunsite Scout, waiting for magazines to see how it will feed, I don't have a small scale but seems like about 7 pounds scoped, looking forward to using it for thicker brush hunting of Mule Deer next year.
 
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catapult said:
just got this one yesterday, same as previous post, an MPR 308 with 16'' right now I put my Bushnell LRTS but the pan is to sit my Swaro Z5, just waiting the rings

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gee that sure is Purdy

I've done the poor mans version with the 3/4 scale 308 (6.5 Grendel ;) )
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I just picked up my buddies semi 223 chassis style rifle. I was impressed at how solid and well built it felt. But my first instinct was wow, this thing is really heavy to hunt coyotes with. I guess you’d just have to get used to it.
 
Big JD-From the hills said:
honestly after carrying it for days/miles ect this way i have come to the realization that sling mounts are in the wrong place on "sporting" rifles.... you don't realy have the options of finding that out until you get one of these lego set rifles.
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I love my scout rifle and am happy with the shooting sling I made for it, but I definitely wish it had side-facing sling mounts so I could carry it in front hands free without stuff poking into me. It also seems much quicker to get on target that way compared to "traditional" slung positions, and with a quick adjust sling like a VCAS you can still get decent shooting support.
 
sharp shooter said:
I just picked up my buddies semi 223 chassis style rifle. I was impressed at how solid and well built it felt. But my first instinct was wow, this thing is really heavy to hunt coyotes with. I guess you’d just have to get used to it.
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they are easier to build heavy than light, you have to nerd things out a bit to build them more 'hunter' friendly, some high end chassis out there in magnesium and carbon fibre that make it a lot easier but ya typical aluminum chassis built somewhat 'tactical style' are heavy, you got rails, big heavy rings, big heavy scope, heavier accessories like butt stocks and grips...so easy to hit 10 lbs just slapping things together, however, if you pay attention to starting as a 'hunters' build you can get them down into standard rifle weight ranges and there are even some much lighter than that, the market is recognizing now that hunters are into this so it's starting to fill with lighter options now so that's a good thing
 
ShrtRnd said:
Nice looking Gen 1 LSS Chassis, still partial to them over the newer design.
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I like the trimness of the barrel channel of the gen1 lss but it's too short for sticks/bipods/prone over the pack...prefer the length of the gen2 lss-xl. Also, those gen1's are 1 lb 13 oz (for Howa mini) same weight as the gen2 lss-xl, so I've migrated to gen2 xl's as I just need more out front under that barrel for support over packs/bipods/shooting sticks or anything I want to rest on to shoot but ya the barrel channel is big enough for clearing bull barrels as the downside. My machinest took 7 oz out of a gen1 Lss getting it to 1 lb 6 oz btw so it allows room to really go lightweight. And on a Howa mini like that you can slab the action for -1.5 oz, plus flute the bolt and hollow the bolt handle for another -1.5oz. If you knocked the Howa mini 20" lightweight barrel down to 18" and did the machines work I just mentioned you'd have a 5 1/4 bare rifle set up with a mission first tactical battle link minimalist butt stock and an ergo slim grip...add 2oz for some talley lightweight low rings and then a lightweight Leupold 1" tube scope like a vx3hd 2.5-8x36 at 11 oz you'd be be between 6.0 and 6.25 lbs all up scoped chassis rifle that could fit anyone in the family or any amount of clothes or positions you'd shoot from needing an adjustment to lop, and a handy little carbine to boot. Lots of ways to play the chassis game. Following the hunt build philosophy my Ruger American Ranch 6.5 Grendel's are at about 8.25 lbs scoped rifle with 3-9x scope in gen2 Lss-xl chassis and Magpul ctr buttstock, talley rings instead of rail etc. Running 10 round AR pistol magazines, very happy with this set up.
 
Demonical said:
What is the FDE part?

I'm just an ignorant old school hunter and terrible at acronyms...
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No problem, it's the tan or brown part, basically whatever isn't black minus the handgrip which is screwed to the chassis so not actual "chassis".

Oh yeah, FDE stands for Flat Dark Earth.
 
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