Light weight rifles??

Yup, unless you can find a model seven for under 500 then finish a wildcat composites stock blank yourself.
 
ShrtRnd said:
That’ll be a pretty rough M7 for that price..
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I've literally never seen one that cheap. 700s rarely get that cheap and the 7 usually demands a premium over a similar 700 from what I've seen. That's Savage Axis prices these days...

Sir Plus said:
My Husqvarna 1600 is 5 pounds 14 ounces, cost 495$
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Care to give more details? Is that with the factory barrel? What caliber?


Only other option I can think of is the previous model Savage Lightweight, but those have been out of production for a few years now and I haven't seen many on the EE recently (although I haven't been looking for em either) so honestly I'm not even sure those would fit the budget these days.
 
Suther said:
I've literally never seen one that cheap. 700s rarely get that cheap and the 7 usually demands a premium over a similar 700 from what I've seen. That's Savage Axis prices these days...

Only other option I can think of is the previous model Savage Lightweight, but those have been out of production for a few years now and I haven't seen many on the EE recently (although I haven't been looking for em either) so honestly I'm not even sure those would fit the budget these days.
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Stevens 200 would/could be another needle in a hay stack find. They were stupidly priced too back in the day. The EE was full of them yrs ago. Weren’t they in the 7lb’ish range sans optics?
 
Suther said:
I've literally never seen one that cheap. 700s rarely get that cheap and the 7 usually demands a premium over a similar 700 from what I've seen. That's Savage Axis prices these days...



Care to give more details? Is that with the factory barrel? What caliber?


Only other option I can think of is the previous model Savage Lightweight, but those have been out of production for a few years now and I haven't seen many on the EE recently (although I haven't been looking for em either) so honestly I'm not even sure those would fit the budget these days.
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I’ve bought two for 500 and under.

Another good option would be a husky 1600 small ring in a wildcat. No shortage of those around these days
 
Suther said:
Care to give more details? Is that with the factory barrel? What caliber?
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Don't know their weight (I suspect around the 7# range) but GreatNorthGunCo has a few 1600's in different calibres for around the $500 price point. One under $400 if you don't mind a stock repair.
 
A Tikka SL in a Wildcat will get you to 5.5 pounds. Maybe a bit under, depending on caliber, recoil pad, etc.

Hard to do for $1000 tho, even with a used donor rifle. Along with almost everything else- Tikkas have gone up, and so have Wildcat blanks.
 
There are a bunch of dealers offering the Savage 110 Lightweight Storm for under $1000. Those weigh in at around 5.5 pounds. I'd take a 110 over a Ruger American or used rifle of unknown quality.
 
LittleBoyLefty said:
A Tikka SL in a Wildcat will get you to 5.5 pounds. Maybe a bit under, depending on caliber, recoil pad, etc.

Hard to do for $1000 tho, even with a used donor rifle. Along with almost everything else- Tikkas have gone up, and so have Wildcat blanks.
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Agreed
A LW/UL rig usually has some $$ behind it to get to the end result.
 
BRNO k1's are light if you can find one.

Tikka with Tupperware, used model 7 husky 1640 from tradex are all good options. Used Tikkas and model 7 can go cheap from smaller gunstores with no online presence
 
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